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...offense, Quarterback Terry Bradshaw, 27, has been slow developing, but since late last season he has directed the Steeler attack like a young Johnny Unitas. This year he has completed better than 60% of his passes, scrambled for first downs, and given his powerful backfield plenty of opportunities to carry the ball. When Franco Harris is at fullback, that may be all a team needs to win. The son of an Italian mother and a black father, Harris is a runner of the Jim Brown model: strong, shifty and astonishingly difficult to bring down. Last year he was the Most...
Defensive backfield-mate Jon Judge added, "Billy will be a great captain. He has an extroverted personality, but he's serious when he needs to be. He's a leader not so much because he jumps up and down or pats everybody on the back, but because he's consistent in his performance on the field...
...Calif., led Harvard in rushing as a sophomore with 810 yards, suffered serious junior year injuries, then came back to play a big role on 1975's championship squad. Miller finished his career with 1067 yards rushing and 234 yards receiving, as well as contributing solid blocking in the backfield...
Think back to last year's Yale game. Remember two facets of it. First, Harvard comes out in an incredible defensive formation with six men on the line in an effort to blunt Yale's vaunted running attack. The result: the Eli backfield gains only 101 yards in 57 rushes in the big showdown...
...From the press they've gotten," said an irate Judge, "you'd think they had the best kickers, backfield, line--heck, the best 22 players in the league. Well, we think we have some good players...