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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finale, against already-crowned League champion Yale, Harvard fought back from another 17-0 disadvantage, only to lose, 24-20, when All-East quarterback Brian Dowling hit Dan Marting--whose defender had slipped--in the clear. It was a bitter ioss for the Harvard team which had entered the game a three touchdown underdog...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Spring Teams Save Year, Winning 4 Eastern Titles | 6/13/1968 | See Source »

...gaps in the Crimson offense are especially wide. The passing game has been decimated. Starting ends Joe Cook and Carter Lord and both of last year's quarterbacks, Ric Zimmerman and Pete Berg, are leaving. According to Yovicsin, they will be tough to replace, especially the quarterbacks. "Our chief concern is that none of the quarterback candidates has varsity experience," he said...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Sophomore Players May Be Crucial To Chances of 1968 Crimson Eleven | 5/27/1968 | See Source »

...Quarterback: three promising sophomores will vie for the position that worries Yovicsin most. Bill Kelly is the leading prospect. Kelly is the biggest of the three but the weakest passer. He is a shifty runner and, most important, seems to have the ability to move the team under pressure. John O'Grady was the most highly rated at the beginning of last fall. An accurate passer and good runner, O'Grady's only weakness is his size. He is only 5-10 and 180 lbs. An injury to his shoulder early in the season prevented him from seeing as much...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Sophomore Players May Be Crucial To Chances of 1968 Crimson Eleven | 5/27/1968 | See Source »

...leaders, he had said that the country in fact needed a budget of more than $200 billion. "I am the coach," he protested at one point-referring to Mills, who has replaced Senator William Fulbright as his chief nemesis-"and I send in signals for a pass to my quarterback and he runs a play off tackle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Biting the Bullet | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

...that human affairs should be approached in a circular manner, beginning with the incorporation of a total viewpoint. Once one has a conception, however vague it may be, of the whole field of play one can then proceed to ferret out the truths that it contains--much as a quarterback might spend some time sizing up the opposing team before he starts mapping his own strategies, instead of launching into all his tricks straightaway in the hope that he will learn by trial and error...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Imam, | Title: A Proposal For Educational Reform: Reading Period First, Lectures After | 4/23/1968 | See Source »

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