Word: ball-control
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...Harvard's most impressive scoring total of the year against a legitimate defense (Columbia doesn't count) had little to do with ball-control offense or long pass plays or clock-eating, line-busting rushes...
...Crimson offense will be looking to establish the same ball-control attack it used to take apart Dartmouth. Although halfback Rufus Jones (who missed the Dartmouth game) is again questionable with a knee injury, fullback Robert Santiago (66 carries, 320 yards), and wingback George Sorbara (24 for 96 yards last week) will pick up the slack for the Crimson running game...
...rated quarterback in all 65 years of the league. "With the running we have now (Wendell Tyler and Roger Craig)," Walsh says, "there's less pressure on Joe to do it all, and yet we expect even bigger plays from him down the field. We're not a ball-control passing team any more. Joe can get himself on balance and throw as quickly as anybody ever could. Marino is certainly the greatest passer the game has seen in a long time, but Joe has those nimble feet...
Last Saturday in New York, Harvard stuck to a simple, ball-control game plan and earned 335 yards rushing. The ground game shut down the Lions and vaulted junior fullback Robert Santiago into the record books with a 204-yard performance-- the second-best single-game performance by a Harvard ballcarrier ever...
Early in the game. Yale successfully utilized a ball-control offense in the gusting wind, stringing together scoring drives of 72, 77 and 56 yards to build a 16-7 halftime lead...