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...such a game can have a hero, it would have to be McCluskey. In the second half he gathered in a punt and danced 70 yards for a touchdown, leaving the last would-be tackler flat on his face after a beautiful head fake. He scampered 80 yards for another TD, and scored a fourth on a quarterback sneak...

Author: By Richard P. Sorensen, | Title: Crimson J.V.'s Trounce Helpless UMass Squad | 9/28/1963 | See Source »

...disciplined professional team that plays with precision and remembers Coach Vince Lombardi's admonitions: "Wear them down. Punish them. Intimidate them." Only twice in the first half did the vaunted Giant offense penetrate Packer territory. The lone Giant touchdown was scored by the defensive team, on a blocked punt. Tittle complained about the cold: "My hands were numb, and the wind was so crazy I couldn't throw the long pass. The ball just broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Always When It Counts | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

...second half, the Crimson kicked the Bulldog in the teeth on a cold and bitter afternoon in the Stadium. While vendors hawked tea in the stands, Bill Taylor confused the Yale stalwarts again and again with magnificent punting under heavy Eli pressure, dazzling running, and general excellence. A Yale touchdown, achieved by running a punt back to the end zone while the Harvard team blocked itself off the field, gave the game a sense of drama, but Harvard's line, by then strong and experienced, had too much finesse and skill to be fooled by Yale's generally feeble offensive...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/8/1963 | See Source »

...doubts about voting him the most valuable player on the squad, and that squad did take second place. Taylor's running abilities rank with those of any back in the Ivies. Further-more, he was one of the League's most versatile performers, excelling in running, receiving, punting, punt returning, blocking, defense, and scoring. Just on merit alone-without the consideration of position-he certainly is ahead of Columbia's Roberts, and quite the equal of Dartmouth's Tom Spangenberg, the only non-quarterback on the first string...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/4/1962 | See Source »

...Bennington Peers III has shrewdly noted, it's the Big Three title that really counts.Yale halfback JUD CALKINS (25) misses a short pass from Brain Rapp as PAT YOUNG (87), HOBIE ARMSTRONG (40) and DAVE STRINGER converge on him. On the next play, Yale tried a fake punt, but their receiver was ineligible...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Crimson Eleven Trounces Elis, 14-6; Taylor, Grana Lead Team to Victory | 11/26/1962 | See Source »

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