Word: kickoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Games Cavileer recalls most luminously are the 1930 and 1931 renditions, when Barry Wood was the Crimson quarterback. He recounts the 1931 encounter at the Stadium: "Jack Crickard and Barry Wood had been practicing lateral passes on kickoff returns. So on the opening kickoff Wood lateraled to Crickard, who broke the run 77 yards and didn't score. Crickard was exhausted from running this distance but Wood used him on the next four successive plays. Everyone wondered why he did that. Anyway, Albie Booth kicked a field goal for Yale and we lost...
...sank my teeth into one of those Philadelphia pretzels as the opening kickoff settled into Paul Connor's hands. It was Penn 13, Harvard 0, as I wiped the mustard from my lips...
Team coaches Mike Faught of Kirkland and Leverett's Bill Lewis agreed afterwards that the key to the game was Kirkland's 90-yd. drive following the second half kickoff. Quarterback Fitts carried it in himself from the two to finish a drive that featured strong running by Ed Tompkins and Brad Lowns behind Kirkland's formidable offensive line...
Just once, I'd like to see Ralph Polillio break a kickoff return...
...first play from scrimmage after the kickoff, Crimson halfback Paul Connors (later substituted for by Jon Hollingsworth) took a pitch from Brown and very politely fumbled it over to the Tiger defense. Moments later, Crissy (77 yards rushing, 81 receiving) slipped past the Harvard defense for six points like a trout shooting the rapids...