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...hangs somewhat solemnly in his locker: page forty-one, the front page of the sixth section of The Crimson's 1978 Registration Issue. Its message is clear, the headline boldly questioning, "So You Say You Can Punt...
...first goal was to play in the Stadium. I accomplished that pretty quickly. My second goal was to do something as an individual -- other than a special team. Now I've got that, too. There's nothing long-range, though. I take it week to week. I want to punt in the Yale game and punt well. But my job is just to get the ball and get it off as fast...
Restic also has nothing but praise for his punter, pointing out MacMurray's dedication toward trying for improvement. Yet MacMurray himself is as candid as anyone in assessing his own abilities. Sure he's averaging 35.0 yards per punt now -- the same average Jim Curry finished with last year -- but there's still the bad punts, the low ones that go 18 yards...
UMass broke loose and put together two long drives in the second stanza, but the combination of bad field position (Al MacMurray averaged 35.5 yards per punt for the Crimson) and a stingy Harvard defense inside the 30-yd. line kept the score three-zip at the half...
Down 14-0 at half time, the Tigers got their first tally as a result of a successful fake punt, their second thanks to two fourth and short yardage conversions. Ed Arlin hauled in a 23 yard pass from junior quarterback Ken Barrett for the final score...