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Football Notebook

Crippled by injuries but invigorated by the scent of an Ivy League championship, the undefeated Harvard football team will travel to New Hampshire today in preparation for tomorrow's showdown with Dartmouth, the pre-season favorite for the title.

Halfback Paul Scheper is definitely out, as is tight end Linus O'Donnell, still battling the mumps. Fullback Jim Callinan, a crucial factor in coach Joe Restic's offensive plans, remains questionable with a bruised shoulder. Halfback Paul Connors has a slight leg pull but should play; linebacker Brad Stinn seems to have recovered sufficiently from his concussion suffered in last week's 20-12 victory over Cornell.

Restic will need all the troops he can muster for tomorrow's long sold out game, the Crimson's once-every-four-years journey to the New Hampshire boonies. Big Green coach Joe Yukica will have an enormously fired-up squad--and a notoriously rowdy crowd--working for him. Not only is Saturday the Dartmouth homecoming, and not only have the Big Green lost three straight non-league games after a win over Penn, but this year is the 100th anniversary of Dartmouth football, an event Hanoverians desparately want to commemorate with a championship.

What will it be like for the Crimson up north? "It's a zoo," says safety Mike Jacobs.

*Touchdowns Responsible For are player's TDs scored and passed for 1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS Schedule, Results to Date (4-0)   Score  Att. Sept. 20 Columbia*  26-6W  10,000 Sept. 27 Holy Cross  14-13W  18,000 Oct. 4 at Army  15-10W  38,479 Oct. 11 Cornell*  20-12W  10,000 Oct. 18 at Dartmouth*     Oct. 25 at Princeton*     Nov. 1 Brown*     Nov. 8 William & Mary     Nov. 15 at Penn*     Nov. 22 Yale*     *Ivy League (2-0)

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS Team Statistics   Harvard  Opp. Points  75  41 First Downs  70  61 Yards Rushing  636  524 Yards Passing  656  590 Total Offense  1292  1114 Return Yardage  196  150 Passes Cpl/Att/Int  46/80/3  46/100/10 Punts/Avg  23/36.1  20/34.7 Fumbles/Lost  8/2  9/5 Penalties/Yards  35/365  23/254

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Rushing Player  G  Att  Yds  Avg  Lg  TD Tom Beatrice  4  40  141  3.5  16  1 Jim Callinan  4  39  134  3.4  14  0 Brian Buckley  3  32  125  4.0  67  3 Paul Connors  3  25  79  3.2  15  0 Paul Scheper  4  21  67  3.2  8  0 Mike Buchanan  3  29  56  1.9  14  1 Ron Cuccia  4  3  29  9.7  28  0 Mike Granger  3  5  26  5.2  9  0 Jim Acheson  4  1  7  7.0  7  0 Mark Marion  1  1  6  6.0  6  0 Jim Garvey  1  2  6  3.0  6  0 Mike Smerczynski  2  1  4  4.0  4  0 Dave Anderson  3  0  2  0.0  2  1 Mike Ernst  3  2  1  0.5  1  0 Paul Golitz  1  1  0  0.0  0  0 Center Pass  4  3  .57  .19.0  .13  0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Passing Player  G  Cpl/Att  Pct  Yds  Int  TD Brian Buckley  3  37/64  .578  518  3  2 Mike Buchanan  3  9/14  .643  138  0  0 Paul Connors  3  0/1  .000  0  0  0 Ron Cuccia  4  0/1  .000  0  0  0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Total Offense Leaders Player  G  Att  Yds  TDR* Brian Buckley  3  96  643  5 Mike Buchanan  3  43  194  1 Tom Beatrice  4  40  141  1 Jim Callinan  4  39  134  0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Pass Receiving Player  G  CT  Yds  Lg  TD Ron Cuccia  4  14  205  43  0 Tom Beatrice  4  10  158  38  0 Jim Callinan  4  7  80  30  0 Paul Scheper  4  6  88  30  0 Chuck Marshall  4  4  64  19  1 Paul Connors  3  3  46  21  0 Mike Granger  3  2  15  12  1

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Tackling Leaders Player  Tackles  Assists  Total Chuck Durst  28  4  32 Bob Woolway  25  3  28 Peter Coppinger  24  1  25 Tony Finan  18  4  22 Tim Palmer  14  6  20 Brad Stinn  15  3  18 Mike Jacobs  15  2  17 Justin Whittington  14  3  17 Rocky Delgadillo  15  1  16 Matt Foley  15  1  16 Dave Otto  10  4  14

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Interception Returns Player  G  No  Yds  Lg  TD Rocky Delgadillo  4  4  121  93  1 Mike Jacobs  4  2  16  15  0 Peter Coppinger  4  2  2  2  0 Mark Layden  4  1  1  1  0 Bob Woolway  4  1  1  1  0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Kickoff Returns Player  No  Yds  TD  Lg  Avg Paul Scheper  4  60  0  30  15.0 Ron Cuccia  3  44  0  27  14.7 Mike Smerczynski  1  2  0  2  2.0 Wallace Rutecki  1  0  0  0  0.0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Punt Returns Player  No  Yds  TD  Lg  Avg Paul Scheper  8  43  0  12  5.4 Tom Clark  1  12  0  12  12.0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Punting Player  No  Yds  Lg  Avg Steve Flach  22  831  51  37.8 Team  1  0  0  0.0

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Scoring Player  TD  PAT/1  PAT/2  FG  Pts Dave Cody  0  6-8  0-0  5-6  21 Brian Buckley  3  0-0  0-1  0-0  18 Dave Anderson  1  0-0  0-0  0-0  6 Tom Beatrice  1  0-0  0-0  0-0  6 Mike Buchanan  1  0-0  0-0  0-0  6 Rocky Delgadillo  1  0-0  0-0  0-0  6 Mike Granger  1  0-0  0-0  0-0  6 Chuck Marshall  1  0-0  0-0  0-0  6

1980 HARVARD FOOTBALL STATISTICS 1980 LEAGUE STANDINGS OVERALL Team  W  L  T  PF  PA  W  L  T HARVARD  2  0  0  46  18  4  0  0 Yale  1  0  0  45  17  3  1  0 Dartmouth  1  0  0  40  7  1  3  0 Brown  2  1  0  87  78  2  2  0 Cornell  1  1  0  29  27  1  3  0 Princeton  1  2  0  49  64  1  3  0 Pennsylvania  1  2  0  53  95  1  3  0 Columbia  0  3  0  38  81  1  3  0

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