Word: punt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With less than two minutes left before intermission, Tufts was forced to punt out of its end zone. Hard-charging defensive end Chris Field blocked the kick, and linemate Carl Hargrove fell on it for yet another touchdown. Harvard led at the half...
Assistant coach George Karras calls Harvard's punt coverage team its most improved area over last year. With just the right combination of linemen for heft and backs for speed, both Columbia and UMass rarely had decent field position. Karras lauds this area, as well as the kickoff return team, as "outstanding, to put it mildly...
...punt return and kick coverage teams have found the Crimson not as gifted personnel-wise but all the more industrious. Assistant coach Goerge Clemens has been spending extra time in these areas, hoping "that we don't get burned." Needless to say, Harvard seems to be doing the burning, with Larry Schember, Ralph Polillio and Billy Emper singeing opponents on punts and kickoffs...
When Kubacki sends the pigskin airborne, it will more than likely be caught by either split end Jim Curry or tight end Bob McDermott. Curry is the best athelete on the team; he led the team in receiving last year, he can kick off, punt, and occasionally boot a field goal...
Curry did little kicking during the preseason, but he'll probably handle those chores, with Mike Lynch possibly in charge of extra points and game-winning field goals against Yale. Sophomore Gary Bosnic can also kick off, while Scott Coolidge can punt...