Word: mandich
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Miami quickly struck back for what appeared to be a second score, but a Griese-to-Warfield bomb was nullified by a motion penalty. Dolphin middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti set up Miami's second score on a 32-yd. interception return to the Washington 27. Tight end Jim Mandich's clutch 19-yd, catch on third down moved the ball to the Redskin two, and Jim Klick scored two plays later...
...team leader in a quiet, intelligent way," says Shula. "When he sticks his head in the huddle, everything he says is gospel." Griese demonstrated his poise in the final quarter against the rugged Minnesota zone defense last week, carefully picking it apart until he found Tight End Jim Mandich all alone in the end zone for the winning touchdown...
ENDS: JIM MANDICH, Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 225 lbs.; and KEN BURROUGHS, Texas Southern, 6 ft. 5 in., 215 lbs. "Mandich is the kind of rugged tight end who can block like a demon for three quarters, then break the game open with a spectacular catch in the fourth," says one scout. The pros mark him as a savage blocker, and are particularly impressed with the way he can "catch the ball in a crowd and carry three tacklers for five yards." On the whole, scouts were disappointed with the receivers this year, but many feel that Burroughs...