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Throughout the afternoon, the Crimson booters were aware that they were missing senior fullback Marty Sabelli, sophomore backs Frank DiFalco and Miles Welch, as well as freshman halfback sensation Paul Nicholas all to injury...
...fullback spot alone, the list has gobbled up five players. Latest to join the crowd is Robert Santiago, the sophomore who started at the fullback spot the first four games, Santiago who pulled a hamstring at Cornell had never run a play from the fullback position until September. He and Bill Saleeby moved to fullback from other running back positions to pick up the slack left by injuries...
...problem at fullback combined with the one game loss of halfback Mark Vignali left Harvard with a patchwork backfield to start the Dartmouth game...
...injuries to the runners materialized: the passing game didn't. Vignali couldn't practice on Monday or Tuesday because of a thigh bruise, a wingback Steve Ernst started at halfback. Fullback Robert Santiago pulled a hamstring against Cornell. Backup fullback Paul Sharon reinjured his hamstring at Cornell. Ernst had a fine game (102 yards on 21 carries). Nobody else...
Late in the quarter, Dartmouth took the ball on its own 13-yard line but two big plays ate up ground quickly. Fullback Rich Lena found a hole on the right side of the line and pulled away for a 33-yard gain. Three plays later, a Polsinello pass to Mattey Lopes gained 44 more yards, bringing the Green to the Crimson 13. The afternoon's second Polsinello-to-Daly TD soon followed...