Word: halfback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With five minutes left to play and the Bears leading 1-0, Crimson coach Edie MacAusland pulled a halfback from the game and added an extra forward in an attempt to generate more offense. For the next four and a half minutes it looked as if her move had been in vain. Then the stick-women finally started to click...
With the consequent good field position, Buckley directed a six-play scoring drive, the highlight a crucial 18-yd. run by seldom-used halfback Jim Acheson. With 10:40 left in the game, Buckley hit Tom Beatrice with a screen pass off the shotgun and the steady halfback went 13 yds. with the score that put Harvard...
Under heavy pressure at the Bruin 27, Buckley unloaded a delicate screen pass to Conoors, who set off down the right sideline. Shucking two tackles along the way, the halfback found paydirt with 4:51 to go, to seal the Crimson's 10-3 halftime lead...
...lead soon disappeared. A Connors fumble gave Brown the ball at the Harvard 19. The defense pushed the Bruins back to the 25 put a crucial pass interference call against cornerback Pete Coppinger on third-and-16 gave Brown a first down at the eight. One play later, halfback Steve Curtin lugged it over for a tie score...
What's more, the Bruins arrive in Harvard Stadium today red-hot, having won four straight games after two opening losses. With an explosive offense led by quarterback Larry Carbone and halfback Rich Villetta, the Bruins now stand tied with Dartmouth (3-1), one game behind Yale...