Word: grana
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There are few enough ideals in which today's college youth can have faith. By this time the meaningfulness of Sania Claus has waned, and Motherhood is better left unmentioned. But for Harvard football fans, there are always one certainty in an age of unbelief: Bill Grana would come through in the clutch...
Quarterback Mike Bassett had faith with the rest. Last Saturday when the Crimson charged to the Columbia 10-yard line late in the fourth quarter, Bassett called on number 34. On the first play Grana broke through to the 2, and then blasted to the 1. On third down he lunged over the toiling behemoths in the line, and for a second appeared to have scored...
...some miscreant in light blue took aim at the football and punched it loose from Grana's grasp. It bounded free in the end zone and another child of darkness scooped it up. Only Columbia's recklessness and center Brad Stephens' alertness saved Harvard from total humiliation in the last minute of play...
...INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Yds. Avg. Grant 214 5.5 Harshbarger 94 4.1 Grana 81 3.1 Dockery 50 5.6 Yastrzemski 37 3.1 Bilodeau 35 2.7 Poe 33 2.8 Stringer 23 8.3 Mechling 17 8.5 MacDonald 8 8.0 Bassett 8 0.2 Humenuk 2 2.0 McCluskey 2 2.0 Passing Att. Comp. Yds. Bassett 29 14 173 Humenuk 4 3 63 Bilodeau 3 1 5 McCluskey 2 0 0 Receiving Ct. Yds. Dockery 5 49 Poe 3 47 Harshbarger 2 30 Boyda 1 29 Stephenson 1 26 Ulcickas 2 23 Bilodeau 1 17 Gray 1 8 Grant 1 7 Punting Punts Avg. Gahan...
...deflected the pass. On fourth down Wood again looked for a receiver, but had his vision impaired by Pochop's massive frame. His screen pass to Milne was several feet short, and Cornell was through.LEFT: WALLY GRANT (12) SWEEPS BY THE CORNELL DEFENSE, AIDED BY A BLOCK FROM BILL GRANA(34). RIGHT: TOM BILODEAU (18) LIES ON THE GOAL LINE...