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...secondary speaks to his ambition. Originally a running back, Williamson sought another channel to obtain playing time when now-junior wide receiver Ryan Tyler proved to be the primary ball carrier. “I really thought out of high school [he] would be our next great tailback, and for a variety of reasons that just didn’t work out,” Murphy says...
...Harvard’s season-opening 35-0 dismantling of hapless Holy Cross, both offense and defense wasted no time starting the year off right. Sophomore tailback Clifton Dawson proved his rookie season was no fluke, accumulating 184 yards on the ground and scoring three touchdowns, while the Crimson defense applied constant pressure to the Crusaders quarterback, forcing him to throw three interceptions and holding the team to 131 yards of offense...
...Senior tailback Robert Carr was the most fearsome weapon in Yale’s arsenal. Over the season preceding The Game, Carr rushed for 1,129 yards and seven touchdowns. Against Princeton last week, Carr drove for 232 total yards, including 160 from scrimmage...
...He’s absolutely one of my favorite players,” tailback Clifton Dawson says. “He may not be the strongest or really even the fastest guy, and he may not be the most serious guy in the weight room, but it’s like he gets out there and just doesn’t think about his body...
Yale decided to alter its offensive philosophy prior to the season, moving from the pass-heavy attack that produced Cowan’s breakout season to a more balanced offense that relied to a greater extent on the talents of tailback Robert Carr...