Word: halfback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these days, New York Governor Hugh Carey, 61, ditched his statehouse grays for an appearance in the second annual Pumpkin Bowl. The touch-football game pitted the Governor and his staff against reporters for the Albany Times-Union. As back-up quarterback, Carey warmed the bench. But substituting at halfback, he did manage a down or two of wobbly catch and carry. Cheering him on and tucking in his jersey from time to time was his second wife of seven months, Evangeline Gouletas-Carey, 45. Last year the statehousers lost, but this time they scored a 24-6 win. Said...
Opening the game in a new formation that moved All-Ivy winger Mauro Keller-Sarmiento to center halfback, the Crimson controlled the flow of play throughout the first half, creating several near misses on combinations between Keller-Sarmiento and forwards Mike Mogollon and Leo Lanzillo...
...that's just not good football sense. I mean, the people sucking down beers at the Dirty (a Deli-Bar-Hangout) a few blocks away knew that halfback Kevin Powell was going to carry the ball up the middle. Nobody knew it better than the Harvard defensive line and linebackers, who smothered Powell for no gain--no easy feat, as Powell was spinning and sliding through tackles like a greased pig for most of the afternoon...
...Crimson took over with excellent field position, and seven running plays later, halfback Jim Acheson was trampolining into the end zone for the game-clinching touchdown. Laycock's decision to go for the first down was the turning point of the game...
...Green stayed within nominal striking distance of the Elis, besting Columbia in New York, 21-7. Halfback Sean Maher took over when the brisk Manhattan winds made passing infeasible, crunching the line for 131 Dartmouth yards in 24 carries, while backfield mate Peter Lavery added 91 more...