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Unfortunately for Harvard, the Army rushing attack does not end with Walker. Junior halfback Andre Cuerington ran for 110 yards against Lafayette, and fullback Art Zarone has picked up 72 yards on 16 carries. Even starting quarterback Nate Sassaman has collected substantial yardage on the ground. going 62 yards on 16 carries. In addition, last year's starting fullback Warren Waldorff has recovered from an ankle injury and is expected to reclaim his position this afternoon...
...after taking the opening kickoff, the Harvard ground game went to work. Fullback Mike Granger tried to run over left guard, but the UMass defense smothered him for a three-yard loss. On second down and 13, quarterback Allard ran an option right and kept the ball, but was pulled down by UMass defensive tackle Ed Kern for another loss, this time of one yard. With a third-and-14 facing him. Allard tried a rollout pass to flashy halfback Tim McGugan. McGugan took the ball, cut back against the flow and slipped down for a one-yard gain...
Massachusetts took the ensuing punt at the Harvard 46 and marched into the end zone in 11 plays, six of them carries by either Pearson or Murray. Fullback Murray scored the Minutemen's touchdown on a one-yard dive, just 6:39 into the game, and it looked at that point like UMass had stolen a page out of Harvard's pre-game plan and was going to run the Crimson into the ground...
...biggest difference, undoubtedly, will be Pearson. As a junior last year, Pearson rushed 1,026 yards in only nine games, earning a spot on the Division I-AA All-America squad. The presence of fullback Ton Murray, who gained 102 yards in a 25-3 win over West Chester State two weeks ago, makes the UMass backfield all the more imposing...
While the offense was doing everything but scoring, the defense did a superb job. Tri-Captains Kelly Gately and Jeanne Piersak, along with fullback Debbie Field, consistently cleared the ball away from the Crimson...