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...second quarter, Cobb intercepted one of Mickey Beard's passes and raced 34 yards to the Dartmouth 17. Then, in the third period. Cobb grabbed a pass thrown by Gene Rysewicx at the Green 47 and ran it back to the 37 line...
There's an axiom in the National Football League that a rookie defensive back costs his team at least a touchdown per year. The proverb nearly came true in a topsy-turvy way for Dartmouth on Saturday; Harvard sophomore corner back Bill Cobb almost cost the Green not one touchdown...
Harvard got its first break early in the game. On Cornell's second play from scrimmage, quarterback Bill Abel went back to pass and spotted end Stu Fullerton on the right sideline. The pass was perfect and Fullerton appeared in the clear. But at the last second cornerback Bill Cobb jumped in front of the receiver, intercepted the pass, and dashed 13 yards to the Cornell 36. It was a brilliant defensive play...
...Crimson cornerbacks, Bob Norton and Bill Cobb, are becoming solid defenders against sideline patterns, and safetymen Dave Poe and John Dockery very effectively employ a zone type of coverage on deep passes. It's up the middle, where receivers can hook in behind the interior linebackers, that presents a problem...
Even though Sevetz has a reputation as a passer, the decimated cornerbacks should hold up. Norton and Bill Cobb, on the other side, both performed wall against Holy Cross, and Yovicsin has moved sophomore Ric Zimmerman from quarterback to back them up. Injured Buzz Baker, the most experienced of the Crimson cornerbacks, may be ready for action this week...