Word: cornerback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third and 12, Vura went back to pass and hit halfback John Montesanti over the middle at the Harvard 25. Safety Jacobs and cornerback Pete Coppinger promptly slammed into one another in pursuit of Montesanti, and the halfback waltzed into the endzone untouched midway through the quarter...
...almost obligatory Rocky Delgadillo interception--the junior cornerback now has an Ivy League-leading six--that set up the game's first score, a 42-yd. Dave Cody field goal 6:25 into the first quarter...
...Brown's second possesion of the game, Harvard's defense--its most effective weapon in its opening four victories--resurfaced, specifically cornerback Rocky Delgadillo. Brown quarterback Larry Carbone went back to pass on second down and look for flanker Mitch Metz on a short down-and-out pattern at the Brown 27. He found him, but Delgadillo simply grabbed the ball out of the Bruin's hands and took it back...
...lead soon disappeared. A Connors fumble gave Brown the ball at the Harvard 19. The defense pushed the Bruins back to the 25 put a crucial pass interference call against cornerback Pete Coppinger on third-and-16 gave Brown a first down at the eight. One play later, halfback Steve Curtin lugged it over for a tie score...
...Harvard defense will face perhaps its toughest test in Carbone and Co., but, then again, Brown probably hasn't faced a better group either. Captain Chuck Durst, linebacker Bob Woolway and cornerback Rocky Delgadillo anchor a defensive corps almost without weakness. Their iffectiveness will probably prove the difference. To the predix...