Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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John McCluskey led the Crimson backfield on an 81-yard drive--all on the ground--that culminated in Bobby Leo' four yard sprint around right end for a score. The Crimson's smooth defensetook advantage of Eli quarterback Watts Humphrey's desperate attempts to bring Yale back into the game to produce thes econd score...
...following that electrifying start, the game developed into the hard-hosed defensive battle everyone expected. On three running plays Yale ground out nine yards to the Crimson 27. With a fourth-and-one situation, fullback Don Barrows tried to go up the middle and was upended at the line of scrimmage by Harvard tackle Skip Sviokla...
...Crimson effectively shut down Yale's long-passing attack and Humphrey, reluctant to throw short close to his own goal line, kept his team on the ground. The vicious tackles by Bob Barrett and Justin Hughes twice dropped Humphrey for long losses...
McCluskey wound up the half with just two completions in seven passing attempts. Humphrey was five-for-11 for Yale. Leo with just 27 yards was the half's leading ground gainer...
...championship battle, Leverett fell to a strong contigent from Davenport College, 13-6. The Yale champions registered touchdowns in each of the first two quarters, and Steve Ekdahl's 13-yard keeper in the third quarter was not enough to overcome the early deficit. Davenport ground out consistent yardage through the middle, where Leverett was missing its middle line-backer, Joe Agusciak...