Word: degraaf
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This scrappy Big Red eleven won the game a very hard way. It disregarded the reports about its supposedly weak line, and pounded away at what was heralded as a powerful Crimson front wall. Quarterback DeGraaf, who did an excellent job of signal-calling, ran the majority of his plays in the center of the line, and then when the Crimson tightened in the middle used this pitch-out play to Jackson...
...other Saturday afternoons this fall DeGraaf may not be able to get away with this stratagem. He certainly failed against Colgate nine days ago, losing 21 to 6. But Saturday both DeGraaf and Jackson were superb, and the blocking of a big left end named Stan Intihar was more than most coaches hope...
...DeGraaf Best Quarterback...
...first fifteen minutes of the game, both squads tested each other out, blasting away at the line. But neither team seemed to be able to start a concerted drive. Bill Meigs and Ted Metropoulos were stopping Cornell thrusts into the center of the line, and DeGraaf had not begun to try the outside. The Big Red line, showing a lot of drive, was breaking up the single wing power plays...
...lined up in a formation to the left, and the snap from center was slightly low, bouncing off Eikenberry's hands. Instead of pouncing on the ball, he tried to pick it up, but the onrushing Cornell line jarred the ball away from him, and Paul Boguski recovered. DeGraaf on the first play from the eight-yard line, faked a hand-off to Cy Benson, and then skirted his own left end to score. His kick was wide...