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...stamina, delights in the long scoring strike that breaks up ball games. The pros especially like Maryland's Dick Shiner ("a stylist") and Baylor's Don Trull ("a football genius"). Even the Ivy is blooming: up on Manhattan's Morningside Heights, Coach Buff Donelli is touting Junior Archie Roberts as the best quarterback in Columbia's history-better than Gene Rossides or Paul Governali, better even than Sid Luckman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Jolly Roger | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

Despite these overwhelming recommendations, Harvard's undefeated football team (Columbia, with Roberts, is 1-2), is not yet ready to offer sacrifies to coach Buff Donelli's idol. After all, Harvard destroyed Roberts and his friends 36-14 last year in New York. Said one Crimson starter of this Saturday's test: "It's just another game. Just another quarterback...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Archie Roberts---Nice Guy in Cleats | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

This year coach Buff Donelli's pride is seriously depleted. Last season he had a large group of senior Lions that hunted Ivy prey with great skill. Cubs dominate the current pride, and some of them are apparently still teething...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Varsity Must Beat Lions Today To Keep Chance for Ivy Title | 10/20/1962 | See Source »

...Princeton (Colman) 11 21 Backfield makes favorite here 5-2 3 Dartmouth (Blackman) 14 14 Led by King, could go distance 3-1 1 Harvard (Yovicsin) 19 14 If line jells, might challenge 7-2 5 Yale (Olivar) 12 19 Look for big improvement here 8-1 1 Columbia (Donelli) 19 6 Too weak to repeat last season 10-1 6 Cornell (Harp) 14 20 If Wood gets help, might surprise 10-1 7 Penn (Stiegman) 12 21 Lost to better teams last year. 20-1 8 Brown (McLaughry) 8 18 Give benefit of another season 30-1 LL--Lettermen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy League Handicap | 9/24/1962 | See Source »

...with a third-and-three situation on its own 20 yard line in the fourth quarter, Harvard came up with its second boner of the day--a pitchout which was intercepted by Columbia on the 18. Seven plays later, with only 11 seconds remaining in the game, coach Buff Donelli's Lions pushed the ball over to make the final score 26 to 14. Quickly, the 11,000 fans who had received an extra bonus--a riot at halftime over an attempted Columbia attack on the mammoth Harvard drum--settled back and accepted what they had expected going into...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Football Team Falls to Columbia | 10/23/1961 | See Source »

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