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With their ground offense faltering, the Niners are leaning more than ever on their quarterback, who tossed 22 touchdown passes in his first 10 games this season. "The key to our offense," says Montana modestly, "is getting the ball off quickly to our backs and wide receivers. We have to take what they give us and look for an opening...
...Giants juggernaut crush quicksilver Montana? He is still the best there is at escaping the pass rush until he can spot and hit a teammate downfield. Often his target is All-Pro wide receiver Jerry Rice, who led the league in mid-November in touchdown catches (11 in 10 games). The Giants can counter with the league's stingiest pass defense. Its members include blitzing linebackers Taylor and Pepper Johnson, along with cornerback Everson Walls from Dallas and safety Dave Duerson from Chicago, both acquired this season to put extra heat on receivers. Says Taylor: "We don't just beat...
Kevin Callahan's two touchdown runs in Saturday's Game gave him the record for most career TD's in the history of The Game...
...doing the throwing for Harvard will be Tom Priore, who needs only 1957 passing yards today to break Tom Yohe's single-season passing record. Needless to say, Priore, who has one touchdown pass in three starts, has not been reminding anyone of Yohe. But the offense started clicking in the third quarter of last week's 24-20 loss to Penn. Trailing, 24-7, the Crimson drove 80 yards for one touchdown and added a long field goal later in the period, but Harvard couldn't complete the comeback after Priore left the game with a concussion...
Against Dartmouth, Harvard squeaked out zero points and 112 total yards, its lowest total in Coach Joe Restic's 20-year career. The Bruins weren't much better against Cornell, managing only one touchdown...