Word: ball-control
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Unchallenged by their foes, the Crimson booters polished their ball-control offense in preparation for two important contests next week: UConn on Wednesday and Princeton on Saturday, both at home...
...hitting a wide-open Steve Bianucci in the end zone less than two minutes later--and what had been a 6-3 game during the halftime show became a 20-3 Harvard runaway five minutes later. The Crimson got the ball back with 4:53 left in the quarter and jitterbugged down the field on its best ball-control drive of the year. Callinan, Cuccia (65 yards rushing on 17 carries) and Jim Acheson (11 for 69) shared the load, rolling 67 yards on 13 consecutive runs before Acheson swept around left end for the score with 1:13 elapsed...
...Cadets added seven insurance points two-thirds of the way through the fourth quarter, putting together a ball-control drive that assured the second straight Crimson loss. Of ten plays on the drive, Walker carried the ball eight times for 53 yards...
...ball-control kind of team," Restic said. "We're not going to run up and down the field, but when we establish field position we can make the big play." Like last week, though, the Crimson never really managed to establish that position or hold on to it once it had it. A total of two yards on kickoff returns, third down conversions on just three of 12 opportunities, and three lost fumbles floored the Crimson. ARMY 27, HARVARD 13 Army 0 10 10 7--27 Harvard...
That lasted until the Cadets put together a 15-play ball-control drive that used up six-and-a-half minutes of first-half time. Army took over on its own 20 after a Villanueva punt had reached the end zone for a touchback with 1:06 left in the first quarter...