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...second touchdown with 2:27 left in the half. First, Brown connected with Horner who went out at the Colgate 35 for a first down. Brown then carried the pigskin himself on four of the next five plays to set up a Crimson first down on the 12. Whirligig halfback Ralph Polillio then bolted up the middle and into the endzone for the six points. Bosnic's point after made the score...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Crimson Gridders Paste Colgate, 24-21 | 10/10/1978 | See Source »

...beginning of the campaign, his most likely successor seemed to be Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley, 37, a populist in polo shirt and plaid pants. But he lost last week to Forrest ("Fob") James Jr., 44, a former star halfback at Auburn University '55 and a millionaire manufacturer of sporting gear. James' victory showed that Jimmy Carter's tactics can still pay off, at least in the South. His lavishly financed $2.5 million campaign played up his role as an outsider with no ties to the political system. That image was reinforced by Walker & Associates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Alabama Upsets | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...freshman year, he had to share the spotlight with Ralph Polillio, a gifted wingback-type halfback. Sophmore year he failed to play much, and junior year he found himself seventh on the depth chart. But some people got hurt, and he broke a 38-yard run against Dartmouth, setting up a touchdown, and he hauled in a long pass to set up a touchdown against Brown...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...course, halfback Wayne Moore has been lost for the year with the broken ankle he sustained late in the UMass game. Wearing a cast two-thirds of the way up his right thigh, Moore was released from Stillman Infirmary yesterday after a six-day stint there...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crimson Gridders Ailing As Colgate Game Looms | 10/6/1978 | See Source »

...line's most crucial effort of the day came in the middle of the third quarter, when the Minutemen went for a first down on fourth and three at the Harvard 25. UMass halfback Cliff Pedrow went off left tackle and found no promised land. First down, Harvard...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Defense Dispatches Minutemen, Critics | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

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