Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cornell is the best football team Harvard will face in the Stadium all fall. It has depth, experience, and tremendous team speed, speed great enough to cause Art Valpey to rate it one of the four fastest teams in the country. And Coach George "Lefty" James never had it so good...
...Speed Prevails Over Bulk...
...Cornell's greatest weapon is its speed. Right halfback Frank Miller spends his Springs running the 100 and the 220 yard dashes for the track team, and the other members of the backfield could probably do the same given the inclination...
...brief look at the season totals for 1948 shows the worth of Lefty James' high speed football, and it is good to note that the team which compiled these records is virtually the same team Harvard plays in the Stadium this afternoon...
...answer lies primarily in team speed. Cornell seldom lost much because the backfield speed usually got the ball back to the line of scrimmage even if there was no opening at that point...