Word: halfbacks
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...lack of clutch plays in crucial situations contributed as much to Harvard's early season losses in 71 as the team's lacks of familiarity with the Restic system. And unfortunately for the Crimson, the 72 team has lost its most on sistent student clutch player halfback Richie Gatto who is campaigning for McGovern this fall, Gatto's departure casts some uncertainty over what appeared to be a really superb backfield. Without Gatto, Restic will be forced to start a halfback who suffers from the same inexperience with the Restic system that plagued the Crimson...
...halfback spot will be held down by Captain Ted DeMars, who has the cutting ability, acceleration, and knack for finding the holes to rate with Yale's Dick Jauron as one of the two best running backs in the League...
...mediocre Princeton team his been decimated by graduation. With the academic departure of Princeton halfback Walt Snickenberger, the Tigers' most experienced back has carried the ball 11 times in varsity action. Penn, with an experienced defense, some good backs, and receiver Clune, could provide an upset or two. Despite the loss of outstanding back Gary Bonner, who went the way of Princeton's Snickenberger, Brown should also improve; in other words, it might win a game this year
...have a lot of enormous linemen returning from injuries have come back to plague them in pre-season. Yale has switched to the wishbone, releasing Dick Jauron from his fullback duties and perhaps giving him another opportunity to run amuck through the League, as he did as a sophomore halfback...
...Quaker's second string quarterback, Gary Shue, picked apart the secondary for 392 yards and four TD's, and one end alone, Doug Clune, left his coverage groveling in the astro-turf eight times for 284 yards. The Crimson pulled the game out though, 28-27, when a Penn halfback dropped a two point conversion pass in Harvard's endzone with less than two minutes remaining...