Word: yd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...August is the off-season for the Canadian lobster fishermen. When they're not lobstering, they spend their time long mining. Long mining is a laborious process in which the fishermen drop a 10,000-yd. long rope with fish lines spliced into it at 6-ft. intervals into the water. The fishermen haul up the rope and remove the catch, rebaiting every line as they go along...
...hundred and four minutes and 48 seconds of scoreless soccer ended halfway through the second 10-minute overtime period when Wesleyan's Paul Roland emerged from a scramble for the ball at the 18-yd. line, then laid a beautiful pass at the feet of Stan Hamilton. Hamilton had the simple task of shooting across the goalmouth past a helpless Harvard goalie Billy Blood for the game winner...
...spectacular offensiveseriessince the Heidi Bowl. With 6:15 gone in the third quarter, Moffie dropped back and unfurled a picture-perfect bomb to Freddie Sullivan streaking down the sideline. Sullivan cradled the ball and outlegged Crimson captain Steve Potysman the last 15 yards into the endzone for a 51-yd. TD play...
...play later Harvard was right back in the game. After Dave Kinney fielded the kick-off at the 27-yd, line, Brown called "aces left, full loose 27 veer pick crack on the quick count" in the huddle. Wayne Moore took the hand-off, accelerated around right end, cut back against the grain, dodged several tacklers, and then gambolled 83 yards to the endzone to the Crimson to within two points, 14-12. Harvard tried to knot the score with a two-point conversion of its own, but failed when Brown rolled right and lateraled to Moore who was stopped...
...Crimson defense simply could not shut down the veer running game with Ciulla, Britt and Gerry Fitzpatrick each gaining over 80 yards rushing. The Lions took a commanding 21-12 lead on the mathematical seven-play, 35-yd. drive after Harvard was forced to punt from inside...