Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Each time the freshman tailback came up with a big gainer, the North stands would shout out "Herschel," and the South stands would come back with a big "Walker." Then the North would do its line again, and each side would keep on trying to out-yell the other. When this game died out they would start up again with something like "Georgia-Bulldogs" of "Third Down-Hold...
Walker was listed as a third-string tailback in the first game against Tennessee. However, he was put into the game in the second quarter and scored his first touchdown, sparking a Georgia rally from a 1 5-2 deficit. That run was a portent of things to come: seemingly trapped behind the line, he darted between two tacklers, then knocked a third onto his back, and went into the end zone standing...
...Yale side, there plays a young man by the name of Rich Diana, who has torn up the Ivy League like few before him. Coach Carm Cozza's swift and small tailback has accounted for 1000 + total yards this season--a combination of rushing, receiving and kick returning. "If we don't shut him down," says Harvard coach Joe Restic, "It's going to be a long...
Harvard, currently a two-point underdog against the Elis, will rely heavily on Durst to stop Yale tailback Rich Diana in the sold-out contest at Harvard Stadium. Game time is 12:30 p.m.; ABC (WCVB-TV, channel five) will broadcast the game live...
Yale, behind the gallant gallops of brilliant tailback Rich Diana, rumbled past Princeton for the 14th straight year, snapping the Tigers' five-game winning streak and assuring itself of at least a share of the Ivy title for the third time in four seasons...