Word: halfbacks
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...balls from deep in the field. The style almost paid off 26 minutes into the match, when one of the deep cross found striker Lance Ayrault in the penalty box. A Huskie defender rode in Crimson captain off the ball, but the clearance landed to the feet of charging halfback Mike Mogollon. The mid fielder hit a hard shot that forced UConn goalie. Tony Pierce to the ground...
...Harvard's zealousness on attack left them short in the back. On a quick counter attack by the Huskies the Crimson drew an obstruction foul in the penalty box. UConn forward Graziano Cornulo started a set play on the free kick nudging the ball to the left. Halfback Bill Morrone blasted a hard right footer that broke through Harvard's line of defenders and beat goalkeeper Matt Ginsburg off the right post...
While the Harvard passing attack was flying high, the running game was barely chugging along For the day. Crimson ball carriers picked up just 31 yards on 40 cames, which translates into a paltry 08 yards per attempt The Harvard halfback tandem of Scott McCabe and Tim McGugan which churned for more than 180 yards last week against Columbia, was held to 11 yards on 17 carriers. The reason: The UMass defense geared itself almost entirely to stopping the Harvard ground game by having its linebackers charge and fill up the holes on nearly every play. "They sent...
...yard loss. On second down and 13, quarterback Allard ran an option right and kept the ball, but was pulled down by UMass defensive tackle Ed Kern for another loss, this time of one yard. With a third-and-14 facing him. Allard tried a rollout pass to flashy halfback Tim McGugan. McGugan took the ball, cut back against the flow and slipped down for a one-yard gain...
...Crimson ran on two straight plays--Allard went off left tackle for six yards, and halfback Scott McCabe went through the rightside of the line for three-to bring up a third...