Word: linemen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game had elements of evenness in the scoreless first quarter: it took that long for the Harvard offense to adjust to the Leopards' "50 angle" defense, for quarterback Ric Zimmerman to find the passing range, and for the bigger Crimson linemen to wear out their Lafayette counterparts...
...Hornblower backs up, someone called Vic Gatto, had a fine day too. On the third play from scrimmage, Gatto burst up the middle, slipping out of the grasp of one or two second team linemen, then shot into the clear and went all the way, 70 yards, for a score. Second-stringers claim their defensive signals got fouled...
Davis, on the other hand, was a standout, but no superstar at Harvard. And yet he is a better pro prospect than Leo. At six-feet-six and 235 pounds, Davis was the quickest, though possibly not the strongest, of Harvard's interior linemen. Because it uses a pursuing style of defense, Harvard depended almost entirely on Davis for an occasional big pass rush...
...rookies like Davis, life at the Andover training camp can be pretty lonely. The older, established players tend to be cliquey, partly from habit and familiarity, and partly to perpetuate their established positions. None of the rookies, however, find anybody not friendly. It's just business. Some of the linemen, for example, could not say who their defensive coach was. "We were never introduced, so I just call him 'coach,' says Melvin Witt, a 6-3, 265-pound tackle from Arlington State in Texas...
Holovak claimed that the difference between Big Ten schools and colleges like Harvard is the number of big, talented linemen. A former fullback, he surmised that the linemen just aren't smart enough to get into the Ivies...