Word: motions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plays later, Donnie Allard hit Callinan for a 24-yard gain off the quarterback-in-motion play to move the ball to the Yale 16, but Harvard go no closer. After an intentional grounding call on Cuccia and an illegal procedure penalty set up a fourth-and-23 situation. Villanueva punted into the end zone and Yale took over...
...like every other Harvard drive, this one stalled when the Eli defense tightened. All-Ivy end Fred Leone burst through the Crimson line to dump Cuccia for an eight-yard loss, and after two unsuccessful quarterback-in-motion plays, Harvard punted again before time expired in the quarter...
Yale fans who have witnessed conventional offense for most of the season will be taken aback by Harvard's quarterback-in-motion play the formation the Crimson uses most frequently to pass. Backup quarterback Donny Allard--agile and strong-armed--takes the snap, former split end Cuccia flares wide. Callinan looks for a screen pass, and referees try to discern if the play is legal. Quite often, the zebras have decided otherwise. Harvard must avoid its perennial propensity for penalties if it is to stay in The Game against the powerful Elis...
Harvard has the ball again, in a third-and-long situation. Oh-oh, there goes Cuccia in motion again and the snap back to Allard. And another incomplete pass. And another penalty. The Man intently eyes the screen. Why, Harvard's going to run the play twice in a row. Not much of a surprise. The Man muses...
Suddenly, as the projector rolls on and on. Harvard starts to send Cuccia in motion on every play. The Man starts to chuckle again, as yellow flags and incomplete passes are falling everywhere. Allard rolls out and almost collides with Cuccia. The Man really starts to laugh now, Allard connects for completions to both Cuccia and Callinan--The Man catches his breath for a moment--but then the flags start to fly once more...