Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...August, almost the entire Ivy League went on a safari known as the Great Quarterback Hunt. As Harvard coach Joe Restic stalked the practice fields in search of a signal-caller, he didn't ask for the record-breaking passing arm of a Larry Brown or the wily elusiveness of pass-run threat Jim Kubacki...
Buchanan played his high school ball at Jefferson Davis in Montgomery, Ala., as a triple option quarterback. "I like to pitch out on the option and have a perfectly executed play," he said with a smile. He showed this effectively on a drive from the Harvard 36 to the UMass 16 to open the second half...
...this," the Crimson coach said, "aside from Burke losing his senior year--which I know is very important to him--is that we've lost so much practice time. That means we're going to have to cut back on offense. We came into training camp looking for a quarterback, and once you find one you have to spend a lot of time working with him. Of course, the danger is that something like this can happen, and you're left with very little experience at that position...
...scored twice to lead Cornell to a 36-21 win over Colgate in Ithaca yesterday. Big Red quarterback Mike Ryan was 8 for 12 in the air as he sparked Cornell to their second successive high-scoring...
...starting quarterback Harvard had searched so hard to find was gone--perhaps permanently. Down 3-0 at that point, Harvard looked to pick itself up and salvage the afternoon. In came Mike Buchanan, a sophomore with no varsity playing time and little Multiflex experience. At times it looked like this Alabama option specialist might pull off a miracle. But the reality of the afternoon was too overwhelming. The romantic finish would have to wait for another...