Word: halfback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...injuries to the runners materialized: the passing game didn't. Vignali couldn't practice on Monday or Tuesday because of a thigh bruise, a wingback Steve Ernst started at halfback. Fullback Robert Santiago pulled a hamstring against Cornell. Backup fullback Paul Sharon reinjured his hamstring at Cornell. Ernst had a fine game (102 yards on 21 carries). Nobody else...
...thigh injury kept halfback Mark Vignali, Harvard's leading rusher, from starting, and put a heavy burden in the early going on wingback-turned-halfback Steve Ernst (11 carries in the first quarter). Cornerback John Dailey still has fluid in his right knee; he didn't play. Neither did defensive tackle Barry Ford, nor linebacker Andy Nolan, whose deep thigh bruise has calcified, restricting his mobility. And Restic's usual backup QB, Brian White, was unavailable for action, suffering from a blood clot in his throwing...
Cornell started off with a 28-7 loss at Penn, moved on to a 60-7 drubbing at the hands of Colgate, and last week fell to Cincinnati, 48-20. Halfback Derrick Harmon, Cornell's only real star, has been solid (242 yards on 55 carries and 19 receptions for 149 yards), but he has to be outstanding for his team to go places. And so far, this squad has gone no place...
Forward Paul Connors found some open space on the right wing, then crossed over the Crimson goalmouth to B.C. Captain Jorge Montoya on the left wing. Montoya a passed to Jay Hutchins, and the senior halfback found the Crimson...
...halfback Mark Vignali, who carried 39 times for a new school record (Jim Callinan set the old mark with 34 rushes against Princeton two years ago). Vignali gained 172 yards, the 10th-best rushing performance in Harvard history. He ran on more than half of Harvard's plays from scrimmage...