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...Providence, Brown needed a fluke goal-a carom shot off a Middlebury fullback-to beat the Black Panthers, 1-0, and gain the right to face the Crimson next Tuesday in the New England finals...
Coordinated teamwork was the key to Harvard's win. Four of the Crimson's six goals came on picture-passing combinations. On defense, the Crimson fullback line kept play well out of the penalty area after a shaky start, and goaltender Shep Messing had a relatively easy game through the final three periods...
...Harvard may be in serious danger of an upset if junior fullback Chris Wilmot is injured early in the game. Wilmot had been nursing a sore ankle all season and in the Penn game he injured his other ankle, and had to be taken from the game...
Wilmot is an aggressive "sweeper" fullback who roams the defensive line following the man with the hall and frequently making sliding tackles. Without Wilmot Saturday, the Crimson defense was noticeably conservative in its play and the fullback's hesitation led to several dangerous situations and one Brown goal...
...this year's Washington State game is more or less typical. Spotting a hole in the Washington State defense, Plunkett changed plays at the line of scrimmage, faked a pitchout and raced 39 yds. for a touchdown. A short while later, he drilled a short pass to his fullback for another score. Soon after that, he coolly dropped back into his own end zone, then rifled the ball half the length of the field for another score on a play that covered 96 yds. -the longest pass play in Stanford history. That gave Plunkett a career total...