Word: buffalo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity football team plays its most crucial game of the year this afternoon when it faces a strong Cornell eleven on Schoelkopf Field at 2 p.m. Having lost its opener to a mediocre Buffalo squad, the Crimson must be rated as the underdog against...
...attempt to bolster the squad after the Buffalo fiasco, coach John Yovicsin will move Dick McLaughlin up to the starting quarterback position and will promote speedy sophomore Larry Repsher to the starting halfback spot. Against Buffalo, Repsher was certainly the Crimson's most impressive offensive threat, and Yovicsin will count heavily on him and Chet Boulris to give the Crimson a chance for an upset...
Quarterback Ron Johanson early noted a weakness outside tackle and end in the tightly packed Buffalo defenses. Chet Boulris and Sam Halaby exploited these holes for several substantial gains in the first period, but it was painfully obvious that the Crimson backs were too slow to do any real damage here...
...Ravenel, also a sophomore, who gave the backfield a spark and precision it hadn't shown before when he entered the game in the last period. With the ball on the Crimson eight and a three-point deficit to fight, Ravenel began a long drive that carried to the Buffalo 20. Not long afterwards, Pete Briggs recovered a fumble on the 29, and with five minutes to go Ravenel again took charge...
...repulsed line bucks and two overthrown passes. The Crimson will have to sharpen its passing attack and improve its drive in front of the goal line in order to cast much weight in the Ivy League this year.Mud and tacklers are this runner's problems as he sweeps around Buffalo's left end in one of Saturday's unsuccessful drives for a touchdown. As a stadium crowd of 6,000 looked on in alternating drizzle and downpour, Buffalo's Nick Bottini blocked a punt by Bruce Maclntyre on the Harvard 2, pounced on the ball, and rolled to an easy...