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...much mileage out of our own backs," Yovicsin continued. Despite pre-season expectations that the backfield would be "really outstanding," he said that only junior Scott Harshbarger and sophomore Tom Bilodeau turned in creditable performances...
Crimson coach John Yovicsin was plainly dejected when he spoke with reporters after Saturday's 43-20 loss to Holy Cross. "We thought we would get a much better game out of our boys," he remarked. "But the Holy Cross backfield ran like hell and trampled everything in sight...
Before the game Yovicsin was counting on his plan to use two separate units to thwart the Crusaders. "We thought we could hold our own with 25 men," he said at the press conference. "By shuffling back and forth, we thought we could keep fresh men in there all the time, but there was too much Holy Cross to work this successfully...
...most encouraging element in the game, Yovicsin said, was the performance of the second defensive line, which bottled up the Crusader offense after the third period...
...after the touch-downs that had made the difference. Cornell's kicking specialist, Hungarian refugee Pete Gogolak, had made good both times. Lacking a reliable kicker, the Crimson had had to play to its running strength and try for the two-pointers. As he watched both ground plays fail, Yovicsin must have been thinking of Dave Ward, the Crimson's kicker last year who went 19 for 19 a season...