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Word: punt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...punt exchanges later, the Crimson offense began to roll once more. Aided by a Columbia penalty that was tacked on to an 11-yard screen pass from Kubacki to Tommy Winn, Harvard reached the Lions' 33-yardline. Kubacki then stole a play from the 1975 game films, as he threw a bullet into the heart of the Columbia secondary that ended up in the arms of an unprotected Jim Curry. Mike Lynch's conversion made is 14-3, and Jimmy the Greek, who had made the Crimson a 17-point favorite, looked smarter every minute...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: HARVARD TOPS COLUMBIA, 34-10 | 9/18/1976 | See Source »

Thanks to an infield pop-up of a punt by the Lions' McKeon, the Crimson next took over on Columbia's 33, and this time Kubacki wasn't as generous...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: HARVARD TOPS COLUMBIA, 34-10 | 9/18/1976 | See Source »

...graying guy with the cigar behind the bar) about Norman Mailer '43. He'll remember Mailer only as the guy who didn't pay his bills. Anyway, Cronin's is filled with working people who talk about local sports--"if only that kid from Chelsea hadn't dropped the punt in the second quarter B.C. wouldn't have lost 41-15"--and empathetic intellectuals; it's enormity, size-wise, gets you psychically out of cramped Harvard Square...

Author: By Seth Kaplan and James I. Kaplan, S | Title: Getting around the Square | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

PUNTER. Rick Engels, Tulsa, 5 ft. 10 in., 175 lbs. Averaging 46.5 yds. per punt, and lofting them high enough to allow tight coverage, Engels will probably put a lot of opponents in poor field position next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: SPECIALISTS | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

...short punt by Jim Curry set up the Elis on the Crimson 43. A couple of short gains by Gesicki and a couple of longer rambles by Southworth brought the Bulldogs down to a first down on the Crimson seven. Two plays later, Phillips carried five yards for the score...

Author: By James W. Reinig, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Captures Ivy Championship; Lynch Field Goal Conquers Yale, 10-7 | 11/23/1975 | See Source »

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