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Connors, a talented halfback and Harvard's most-experienced backfield man, has been hampered by a groin pull throughout the preseason...

Author: By Mark D. Director and Nell Scovell, S | Title: Gridders Search to Erase 'Ifs' As Season Opener Draws Near | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Sept. 23, 1978--The Crimson gridders drop their season opener in a stunning 21-19 loss to Columbia. It is the first victory for the Lions in Cambridge since 1961. Senior halfback Wayne Moore tears through the Columbia defense for 97 yards, including a dazzling 73-yd. touch-down romp...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, Nell Scovell, and Jeffrey R. Toobin ., S | Title: More Frustration Than Elation | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...September 1978. Senior halfback Wayne Moore, banished to the bench for two years, breaks four tackles and accelerates like a cruise missile on an end sweep against Columbia that goes for a 73-yd. TD. (A broken ankle the next week ends Moore's season...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Best and Worst of Soldiers Field | 1/26/1979 | See Source »

Bradshaw worked the clock like a master after a Roy Blont interception late in the half, and with 24 seconds left, from the 7-yd. line he found unheralded halfback Rocky Blier open in the corner of the endzone. Blier's leaping grab gave Bradshaw the Super Bowl passing record and the Steelers a 21-14 halftime lead...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Steelers Win Super Bowl In Offensive Battle, 35-31 | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...Diaz said, "If it weren't for the other players, this season would have been very little fun." Part of the problem was strategy. "We began by stressing defense, but we just overdid it," Michael Smith said. And Nelson felt the problems began at midfield. "Your halfback line? That's where it's got to begin. I don't think we dominated midfield to a great degree...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: A Sad, Familiar Tune | 12/7/1978 | See Source »

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