Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Callinan's success on the ground, which earned him ABC's offensive player of the game award, partially resulted from a new fullback off-tackle play that Harvard coach Joe Restic designed specifically to create holes in Yale's defense...
...addition to a triumph for the team he led, The Game was a triumph for the offensive line, where Brown and his hefty mates ground the much-vaulted Yale defense into the turf. The running game, especially on the 76-yd. touchdown march that opened the contest, proved to be Harvard's not-so-secret weapon...
Working outside to Al Altieri, Jim Callinan and Jon Hollingsworth, quarterback Burke St. John put together Harvard's best sustained ground drive of the season...
...third and 15, St. John worked from the shotgun and hit Callinan down the middle for a 23-yd. gain to the Eli nine. Callinan came back on the ground to buck for six more on first down. With the clock running past the 5-minute-to-go mark, Hollingsworth bulled to the two. And just seconds later, the Harvard sideline exploded as St. John rolled right on a keeper and stretched his body out just past the goaline for what was the icing on Harvard upset-flavored cake. Cody's kick was blocked but the Crimson still held...
Harvard strung together a series of first downs on the ground that teamed with a frustration-provoked Yale penalty to push the ball to the Bulldogs' 14-yd. line...