Word: coachly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past five seasons lowly Northwestern had won only four Big Ten conference games. Taking over three years ago, young (35) Coach Ara Parseghian, onetime Miami (Ohio) halfback, set out to rebuild manpower and morale. "You're just the patsies from Northwestern," he taunted his players. It worked. This year aroused Wildcats have won their first three games (Washington State, Stanford, Minnesota). On the first three plays Michigan backs were thrown for 17 yds. in losses. Northwestern scored a fantastic four touchdowns in a seven-minute stretch before Parseghian emptied his bench to temper the slaughter. Final score: Northwestern...
...first place by covering the wintry five-mile course in 25 min., 48 sec. Benjamin's winning time was 12 seconds slower than the record which he set in ideal running conditions against the University of Massachusetts last Tuesday. But even with the poor weather and lack of competition, Coach Bill McCurdy praised Benjamin's performance as "heartening for the Yale meet next weekend...
...Coach Bill McCurdy further indicated that the defeat would have been worse were it not for the fine effort of Bob Knapp, who ran with an injured shin...
...other main factor in Harvard's victory was John Damis' punting. Before the game Coach Henry Lamar had commented that the Yardlings' punting ability was still unknown. But Damis, who averaged 42 yards with three punts, proved that Lamar has nothing to worry about...
...Freshman football team will be at full strength "with only a few rough spots here and there" for its game with Dartmouth this afternoon, according to Coach Henry Lamar...