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...Paul Scheper is the Harvard football team's secret weapon. Or rather, a weapon that has been kept a secret for virtually all of the 1981 season...
After making the shift from flanker to split end during the preseason, to accommodate Ron Cuccia's move to quarterback, Scheper expected to see a lot of balls coming his way. Instead, the team's fastest player (4.55 in the 40) has caught just nine passes through nine games (a rib injury kept him out against Holy Cross), including three for touchdowns. His season was typified by the Princeton game, in which he caught three passes--two of them were nullified by penalties and on the third, an official ruled that he caught the ball out of bounds. Statistically, Scheper...
...coach came to met at the beginning of the year," Scheper says, "and said I had the best hands on the team. And that they wanted to move me out to split end. He said, 'We're going to get you the ball a lot.' I was told I was going to get the ball and I'm not getting the ball. It's got to touch my hands so I can do something with...
...Saturday's game, Harvard set the tone for the day on the very first play from scrimmage. After Paul Scheper returned the opening kickoff 26 yards to the Harvard 32, the Crimson set up for a quick pitch left to fullback Jim Callinan, a play that offensive line coach Dick Corbin had told the offensive unit would work for a big gain if everybody...
...finally, this will be the last home game for a number of seniors, including captain Pete Coppinger, Callinan, Acheson, Bianucci, Delgadillo, Paul Scheper, Dirk Killen, Harry Cash, Andy Hinton, Linus O'Donnell, Bill McGlone, Justin Whittington, Jim Connolly, Dan Kelley, Marc Mills, John Pendergast, Dave Sauve, and Jerry Zumbrum who should all see action, and others including quarterbacks Joe Lahti, Mark Marion and Mike Buchanan who probably won't Amazingly, this crew has a three-year record of 8-4 on the road and 6-8-1 at home...