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Although Lions Coach Bob Naso realizes that the departure of Delgadillo and much of Harvard's 1981 backfield should make Witkowski's job easier, he insists that Columbia will try to establish a solid running game...
...backfield, last year's leading rusher, junior Jim McHale, returns, joined by two sophomores. John Conlon, recruited heavily by Harvard two years ago, won't see action against the Crimson, but Jack Beatrice, younger brother to Tom (Harvard '81), will probably get a few handoffs...
Anderson still isn't sure who will quarterback the Bruins, so despite the presence of impressive wide receivers Paul Farnham and Kelly Brothers, Brown will have to rely on its backfield to generate offense on the ground. The offensive line should facilitate a good running game, but without a Harmon or an Andrie, Brown will find it difficult to contend with Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale and Harvard...
Princeton held the Crimson scoreless in the first quarter, giving up only two goals in the first half. Rarely does a team force more errors, respond more quickly to imbalances, and generally play better pressure man-to-man defense than the bruising Tiger backfield crowned by honorable mention All-America goalie Fran Smyth's performance...
...there was Serge Mihaly, who combined with Leone to hotfoot the Harvard quarterbacks all afternoon, slithering past the blockers and crashing into the Crimson backfield to pester whoever was throwing the ball (Harvard passed out of the quarterback-in-motion formation all afternoon, back-up Don Allard launching 23 passes to starter Cuccia's seven...