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The Scouting Report

Offensive Line: Good luck getting around Art Kalman. The Elis' right tackle is 6-ft., 6-in and weighs 310 pounds. He leads a line composed of four seniors and three juniors. He will go head-to-head with Harvard Captain Don Peterson. Big vs. big.

Defensive Line: Right tackle Jim D'Onofrio was a second team All-Ivy pick last year. His defensive mates, Scott Wollam and Glover Lawrence, are big and strong. But in its last two games, Yale has been blown away, falling to Cornell, 26-0, and Princeton, 24-7.

Linebackers: Mike Barry and Jon Reese are enforcers. Barry leads the Elis in sacks with six. Reese has 122 tackles this year. But Yale Captain Don Lund is the real force in the Bulldog backfield. Lund made 17 tackles in last year's Game. He leads the team in tackles with 154.

Secondary: Each Eli in the secondary has one interception. Democracy at work. Steve Essick and Chris Brown have also blocked kicks. The Yale depth chart lists Robert Stokes at 8-ft., 1-in., but, don't worry, Stokes is not the second coming of Manute Bol. It was a misprint. We think.

Kicking Game: Scott Walton has an average foot. His longest boot of the year went for 33 yards, not exactly an earth-shattering kick. Todd Cowan does a decent job as the Eli punter, averaging 32.4 yards per kick.

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Intangibles: The sting of Harvard's 14-10 victory in last year's Game, which denied the Elis the Ivy title, is still strong. Wouldn't it be great to stick the Harvardians on their own turf? The Elis, too, have suffered through a disappointing season. A victory in The Game would ease the pain.

Coach: Carm Cozza is in his 24th season as Yale's head coach. That's a lot of games and a lot of Games. He is 11-11-1 against the Crimson. It might be 'bout time he jumped on the high side of 500 against Yale's chief rival. Cozza has won 141 games in his career.

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