Word: flankers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stafford also clicked with flanker Shaun Teevens for a 37-yd. TD pass. Teevens last fall wrecked Harvard with a pair of acrobatic catches...
...Harvard will be different, too. An all-new offensive line, where Steve Piurkowsky beat out the only returning starter, John Fancis, at center, will protect newly positioned quarterback Ron Cuccia. New split end Paul Scheper, new flanker Steve Bianucci, and perhaps new halfback Jim Acheson will catch Cuccia's passes...
Senior quarterback Brian Buckley, senior tight end Chuck Marshall, junior fullback Jim Callinan, sophomore flanker Ron Cuccia, senior defensive tackle Tim Palmer and senior safety Mike Jacobs earned honorable mention...
...then there was Cuccia. The All-American high school quarterback became a flanker in his sophomore year, and even though the stats showed only 22 receptions and 70 yards rushing, no one made a bigger impression than Ron Cuccia. Fast, sure-handed, strong-armed and harder to catch than a winning lottery ticket, Cuccia was an electric presence on the field--and a sure bet to make himself felt in the years to come...
Several factors might have saved the Crimson from that grim predicament. Flanker Ron Cuccia, who wound up with four catches for 46 yds., was underutilized throughout. Buckley never got Cuccia the ball in the first half, even though he was single covered (and not very well at that). And then Harvard needed the big play later on, the fleet former quarterback was not summoned for a reverse or flea-flicker. Buckley also stopped throwing to his backs in the second half, something he had done successfully all season long...