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Restic's hopes for an explosive backfield have been lampened by an injury to Rod Foster. Restic finally convinced Foster to give up his quarterback career (with the persuasive arguments of Jim Stoeckel and Fric Crone on his side) and use his considerable running talent as a fullback. But Foster is nursing an injured ankle, and he has missed the pre-season practice he needed to master his new position. If Foster isn't ready in time, Restic will have to rely on the shaky ankles and ailing back of Steve Hall a good blocking fullback who saw more time...
...defensive backfield could be a real source of weakness. Restic enthusiastically points to a wealth of experience in the defensive secondary, as he has four veterans returning--Barry Malinowski, Mike Murr, Wes Schofner, and Rich Bridich. But those same veterans provided possibly the worst pass coverage in the League's last year, experiencing such humiliations as a 285-yard day by a single opposing receiver, Doug Clune of Pennsylvania. Restic attributes the bad days of the pass defense to over-aggressiveness. He plans to use less blitzing, which left Harvard's slow defensive backs in vulnerable man-to-man situations...
Harvard's defensive backfield, which may suffer from a serious lack of speed gave off-some ominous warning signs when Brown picked up a 51 yard touch down on its second pass play of the scrimmage. The zone defense tightened up, however, giving up some short passes but cutting off the long threat and making three interceptions...
Although Harvard has its entire defensive backfield returning. Restic may use a few new faces, including JV veterans Dave St. Pierre and Bruce Mickey, Mike Page, a promising sophomore defensive back, is injured, but he should also see action this year, as will his classmate Alex Costello...
Lack of depth on an offensive line wiped but by graduation may render all the offensive firepower useless. The defensive backfield has everybody returning from last year, but judging from last year's pass coverage that may be dubious asset...