Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fourth chapter in the Crimson football team's 1980 story concluded, as did the first three, on an upbeat note. With first-string quarterback Brian Buckley sidelined with a knee injury, junior Mike Buchanan directed the Crimson offense cautiously but solidly, completing nine of 13 passes without surrendering an interception and collecting 61 yds. on the ground...
...prime. A onetime Ali sparring partner who had ascended to the World Boxing Council title in 1978 by crushing Ken Norton, he had since defended his title seven times and won each bout by a knockout, tying Joe Louis' record. Unbeaten in 35 fights, Holmes extended his string with a masterly display of strategy and tactics. When Ali tried to shuffle out of reach, Holmes angled across the ring, cut off Ali's escape and took him to the ropes. When Ali hoisted his hands to play rope-a-dope, Holmes cunningly reached around his cover with furious...
October 10, 1979. Schoellkoft Field in Ithaca, N.Y. With 1:12 remaining in the fourth quarter, Cornell leads, 34-11. Third-string quarterback Chris Metz goes back to pass, and fires a 79-yd. touchdown bomb to Jim Burry. Final score: Cornell 41, Harvard...
...Cornell quarterback situation, mystery abounds. Cornell flacks say third-string Andy Shore is "probable," and fourth-string Doug Fusco is the other possibility. Restic doesn't believe a word...
Toward the end, though, things became a bit nerve-racking as the Army offense under second-string quarterback T.D. Decker put together a pair of late drives. As they did in last week's one-point cliffhanger with Holy Cross, the gridders clamped down and staved off the final campaign to preserve the triumph...