Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...July three star players of the University of Virginia football team -- including Barry Word, former tailback and 1985 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year -- were charged by federal prosecutors with conspiring to distribute cocaine. They join 21 other individuals who have been indicted as part of a drug ring dealing coke in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and Florida. The gridiron trio accounted for more than 56% of their team's points last season. Today they each face a maximum sentence of a $250,000 fine and 16 years in prison...
...Harvard rushing list, but can move into third place with 59 yards today and into second with 123. He has scored four rushing touchdowns and boasts a 4.9 average per carry. The group lost some depth when junior halfback Rufus Jones went down with a knee injury. * RUNNING BACKS: Tailback Ted Macauley lead, the team in rushing with 492 yards and four touchdowns, but was held to only 37 yards last week against Princeton. Wingback Mike Stewart--one of the most versatile backs in the league--has gained 331 yards. Still, the Bulldogs have only piled up 1165 yards...
...junior tailback has 697 yards on 146 carries this year and has scored five touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving). Against Yale he led the Quakers to a surprisingly easy 23-7 win by rushing for more than 200 yards and scoring two touchdowns...
...Tailback Chris Flynn--who doubles as a punt returner--and fullback Mike O'Neill shore up the Penn attack which, like the Crimson's runs on about two-thirds of its plays...
...loss of junior halfback Rufus Jones to a knee injury has hurt this group, but juniors George Sorbara and Joe Pusateri have filled more than adequately. Lots of speed in this group. Even RUNNING BACKS: Harvard sees today the most balanced rushing attack it will face all year. Tailback Rich Comizio (146-697-4 TD), the Ivy League's leading rusher, leads the talented attack. His main helpers are sophomore Chris Flynn (67-426-2 TD), who has returned two punts for touchdowns this year, and fullback Mike O'Neill (59-230-1 TD). This group is big and quick...