Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...loss to a tough Navy team last weekend. At halftime of their second game of the season, having scored three points in six quarters and trailing Bucknell, 28-0, the two standouts of the Tigers' offense suddenly came to life. Sophomore quarterback Doug Botler and senior tailback Ralph Ferraro led Princeton to a 46-point rally; the New Jerseyans have scored 91 points in their last three games...
...junior tailback already has an impressive list of qualifications, a list that grows every Saturday. His 172-yard day against Army was the 10th best ever for a Crimson running back. The 39 carries in that game established a new Harvard record. And if he continues at the pace he's going, he'll shatter Jim Callinan's school records for one-season yards and attempts (see box below...
...visitors wanted to time forging ahead after the intermission. They marched 30 yards on their first two drives, primarily due to the unstoppable rushing of tailback Elton Akins, moving to a 21-14 advantage. Akins even completed a pass, taking a handoff from Healy and hitting a diving Hollingsworth on the Harvard three...
When he's getting rid of the ball, he may be tossing it to older brother Bob, the starting split end, who has eight receptions so far. Or he might be handing off to tailback Duckworth Grange (3.4 yards per carry) or fullback Richard Jenkins (3.7 yards), neither of whom really stack up to the opening-game status of Crimson rushers Mark Vignali (six yards per carry) and Robert Santiago (seven...
BROWN 31, YALE 7-Yale tailback Paul Andrie, the Ivies' leading rusher last year, broke his arm in preseason practice. Brown quarterback Joe Potter will rip the Eli secondary to shreds. This will be the first of many Ivy upsets this year...