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Part of the problem has also been a long-time tradition of inadequate quarterbacking. Harvard has featured such quarterbacks as John McCloskey, who happily, but somewhat prematurely, spiked the ball on the Columbia two-yard line on his way to (what would have been) a touchdown, and Eric Crone, of endzone infamy, but the Crimson has had few, if any, quarterbacks known for their ability to mastermind a last second drive -- with the exception, of course, of 1968 Yale game hero Frank "42 seconds" Champi, a second string quarterback who had never done it before and never did it again...

Author: By Evanw. Thomas, | Title: On the Bench | 11/11/1972 | See Source »

Following this reprieve, the Tigers marched 67 yards in 12 plays. Bjorklund scored the first of his three touchdowns on a two-yard plunge to make the score 10-7 at the half...

Author: By Grady M. Bolding, | Title: Princeton Dumps Inept Eleven | 11/8/1971 | See Source »

...Bears went ahead later in the first quarter on a two-yard plunge by Dan Walus. Curt Zingaris set up the touchdown with a 49-yard scamper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Sports Bears Take Two Games From Yardling Squads | 11/14/1970 | See Source »

Near the end of the first half, a 65-yard play involving seven passes among the scrum put Paul Reppun in control at the two-yard line. Lee Sheehy then stepped the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ruggers Chase Ivy Title | 11/12/1970 | See Source »

...football field. Or about Dick Butkus, that splendid savage of a middle linebacker, actually biting an opponent's nose during a pileup. Or about four massive linemen in purple shirts named Eller, Page, Larsen and Marshall, holding off the mighty Los Angeles Rams three times from the two-yard line. Or about Running Back Gale Sayers, a Homeric combination of speed and skill and strength and courage, with only a wrecked knee (to mix a metaphor) as his Achilles heel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: MYSTIQUE OF PRO FOOTBALL | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

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