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...talk about the great play of the Eli defensive unit. Led by team captain and right end Fred Leone and the rest of the boys on the front line--who hassled Cuccia-Allard all game long, who held fullback Jim Callinan, averaging 5.3 yards a carry this season going into the Bowl, to just 60 yards on 21 carries--the Elis stalled an inept Multiflex. It was the same story, only twice as bad as last year, when the Elis completely locked out the Harvard strike force, 14-0, in the Stadium...
After Saturday's game, you also have to look back to the record books, to find out exactly where names like Callinan, Diana, Rogan and Grieve stand in the lists of all-time Harvard and Yale greats. And you find that they stand pretty tall...
...Callinan's second carry of the game, a four-yard run off right tackle, pushed him over the 1000-yard mark for the season, the first Harvard back ever to reach that magic milestone. In addition, Callinan's 21 carries gave him 209 on the season, also a new Harvard record. You have to look back to Dick Clasby's old standard of 205 in 1951 to find what is now second best...
...richly-deserved 1000th yard of the season, and even though Rich Diana passed that milestone long ago, everyone there will fell excited and just a little bit sad for Callinan. And for all the seniors...
...watch Ron Cuccia and the Multiflex try to solve the Eli defense, the league's stingiest. He will mix his plays, offering Yale a dive by Callinan here, a flip to Acheson there, the quarterback-in-motion play (with a few new twists. perhaps). and maybe even a halfback option, too. And whether he succeeds or fails, it will be interesting...