Word: callinans
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...that drive, the junior quarterback completed passes to every receiver in sight (and to some he probably didn't see at all), including split end Dirk Killen, halfback Steve Bianucci, and even a screen to fullback Jim Callinan...
Instead of giving the ball to Callinan--usually the bull of the Harvard backfield--Cuccia and Restic relied heavily on halfback Jim Acheson, who Restic hoped would be able to get outside on the Holy Cross defense. Callinan carried the ball just seven times all game, and only twice in the first half...
Brad Stinn. Of all people. That's what his teammates and coaches say. Hardest hitter on the team. Toughest competitor. Loves the game. Loves to win. Jim Callinan, the senior fullback who has played with Stinn through four years of college and four years at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, said, "The way Brad plays, you know it might have happened--he's all out, all the time...
...middle of the third quarter before the Crimson offense saw Columbia territory again, and this time a 54-yd. drive (35 of it Callinan) seemed to end with a seven-yard Cuccia-to-Killen touchdown pass. But the play was nullified by an illegal forward pass call and Harvard had to settle for Villanueva, and a 6-0 lead...
Actually, Villanueva's longest field goal, which came with 8:22 remaining in the first half and gave Harvard a 3-0 lead, appeared to be all the Crimson would need to win on this day. As Ron Cuccia, Jim Callinan, Jim Acheson and Scott McCabe began to run circles around the Lion defenders, and cornerback Rocky Delgadillo began relieving Columbia's intended receivers of the ball, it looked like the Crimson was on its way to a shutout...