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Quarterbacks Bill Arthur and Rick Furbush offer a limited passing attack, and if Harvard can close the air lanes, the Big Red will be forced to go to Marinaro. They've done it often in their first three games, and the sophomore has gained 562 yards. But Marinaro is all Cornell has, and he's carried on 105 of the Big Red's 166 rushing attempts. Stop Marinaro and you stop Cornell. Colgate, Rutgers
Harvard-Cornell games have recently been low-scoring encounters, and the Crimson was lucky to pull out a 14-12 victory when it last visited Schoelkopf Field. But the usually strong Big Red defense is somewhat porous this fall and seems equally susceptible to both ground and air attack...
Cornell has given up 191 yards per game on the ground. They've yielded 196 through the air. And Marinaro's forte is line busting, so it takes the Big Red some time to score...
...Big Red is renowned for its habit of taking over local taverns to throw rugby parties on the evenings after matches. The Harvard match, evidently, is no exception...
...Big Red shut out the Crimson last fall, 11-0, employing a brutal scrum and a backfield of equal ferocity. Ferocity might have been effective three weeks ago against Harvard, when the squad was in poor shape and badly disorganized, but it should not be today...