Word: tavani
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Lafayette coach Frank Tavani saw firsthand precisely how talented the then-unheralded freshman was when his Leopards played host to Dawson’s coming out party, a 218-yard, four-touchdown performance that put an end to Tim Murphy’s running back by committee experiment. Yet, he and his coordinators were utterly powerless to prevent a repeat incident one year later...
...that effort, Tavani regularly packed eight defenders in the box to prevent the 70-yard touchdown runs that have practically become old hat thanks to Dawson. And if that had been his only objective, Tavani would have succeeded...
...He’s a solid back,” Tavani said. “He didn’t go to Northwestern because he wasn’t a I-A player. He’s obviously a I-A player playing at the I-AA level...
...second straight year the one player that the Crimson defense had trouble controlling was fullback Joe McCourt. For the second time in two years, McCourt rushed for over 100 yards—mounting up 101 yards on 18 carries on Saturday. But with Harvard ahead throughout, Tavani couldn’t use McCourt as much as he would have liked...
...Certainly most or probably all of the games that I’ve been involved in during my five years as head coach when we take it away more than we give it away we win,” said Lafayette coach Frank Tavani. “So today we gave it away and didn’t take it away and so that was the difference in the game...