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...three-year starter, played impressive ball down to the end, as did the other defensive tackle, Tim Paimer, the team's leading tackler. Big-play artist Mike Jacobs and Matt Foley leave a secondary that was probably the best in the league this year; and next year's defensive backfield, anchored by Ivy interception leader Rocky Delgadillo and new captain Pete Coppinger, figures to lead the League again...
...could it happen? This was the Harvard offense--the exalted Multiflex--and Joe Restic teams are rarely shut out. But this team wasn't only shut out. They were completely dominated at the line, in the air and in the backfield--a regular Marine Corps stomping. Harvard once made it as far as the Yale 24, and by the end of that drive. Steve Flach was punting from the 44. Harvard finished with minus 11 yds. rushing. It was that kind...
November 22, 1971: Harvard, the underdog, cruises to a 28-2 halftime lead on the basis of an 8-of-12, 143-yard two-touchdown performance from Crone and the excellent running of halfback Teddy DeMars. The Crimson wins going away, 35-16. The defensive backfield intercepts four Yale aerials. Yale finishes its season at 4-5. There are tears in New Haven...
While many people expected the front five to be impressive, no one anticipated the stunning emergence of the Crimson's defensive backfield, an inexperienced corps has singlehandedly won several ballgames for Harvard. Take cornerback Rocky Delgadillo, a junior who saw limited action last year. All he's done is intercept an Ivy League-leading seven passes (including one for 93 yds. and a touchdown in the 20-12 victory over Cornell). Senior safety Mike Jacobs, who has four interceptions and the game-saving play on a two-point conversion in Harvard's 17-16 triumph over Brown, junior cornerback Pete...
...that's one thing Yale already knows. As a sophomore, Cal emerged from obscurity in The Game to pick up 73 yds. rushing, a touchdown and player-of-the-game honors. Senior halfback Tom Beatrice, one of Harvard's most reliable performers for two years, joins Callinan in the backfield alone with senior Paul Connors or junior Jim Acheson. A highly-touted local recruit, Connors has been plagued by the fumble and Acheson has come on strong of late, accumulating 57 yds. on the ground against Penn...