Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...freshman and sophomore campaigns the younger Ernst was used as a tailback. His junior year he started the season as a reserve wingback. (Wingbacks in Coach Joe Restic's Multi flex offense are used primarily as receivers and blockers.) After losing to Dartmouth in its fourth game last season, the Crimson inserted Ernst into the starting lineup in the tailback position...
...first four games of the season Ernst ran for 155 yards and, more important, cleared the way for tailback Vignali, who gained 406 yards in the same stretch. Injuries forced Ernst to move back to tailback against Dartmouth in the fifth game this fall...
...tailback and Carroll Lowenstein threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to me that was later called off because someone on the team was offside. Well, they could take that touchdown away from me but they can never take away the thrill," Clasby remembers. "The last 20 yards your feet don't even touch the ground...
...been systematically decreasing support for the football program and varsity sports generally and reports of a feud between Athletic Director Frank Ryan and Cozza made the season all the more difficult for the Elis (see story page 12). But most of the team concurs with the attitude of star tailback Paul Andrie, a senior: "I don't like to pay attention to that stuff--not until I'm an alum, at least...
...that game the Eli defensive line, led by Giella and junior middle guard John Zanieski (who leads the team in sack's), stopped the run, at least. But the linemen have been embarrassed too at Cornell, tailback Derrick Harmon averaged more than eight yards a carry and nearly outgained the entire Yale offense...