Purple Patcher 1968
Awake, Awake, put on your strength ... -Isaiah 52:1 145 147 150 151 Yale 14 . • I Dartmouth 24 . "o: • . , Co!gate 0 . • Boston, U. 17 : ·.. : • • •... Buffalo .�5 . • • . Villanova 23 • ·>; • Syracuse. 41 . ·. · . ·� ' . Rutgers 10 . Connecticut�:�· . B .·•'ol.Colle· ge�l3 - . - * .............JO,, -◄ ...�.,., � -..-.,◄ 4°"'1111""'•• ... ,� ,( ... A pulled muscle hampered Dick Giardi, who was switched to defense, while halfback Tim Hawkes ran well despite a back injury that had sidelined him against Dart mouth. There were many others, too, who pushed back their pain thresholds and gave it all they had. But how long could the team hold together and keep psyched for every game? The two-platoon system and numerous casual ties had left the bench rather thin and inexperienced, but all thought that somehow the squad would go all the way. Then the roof caved in. Villanova came to Worcester with an unimpressive 2-4 record. Word quickly filtered down, however, that the Wildcats meant business, and when the game ended, Holy Cross was on the short end, 23-14. The team learned a good lesson and girded itself for the rocky road ahead, but it did not help much against Syra cuse. The Orangemen bruised Holy Cross 41-7, but now many figured that with that losing feeling out of its system, the team would find clear sailing to the end. Going into the Rutgers game, some changes had been made which were, more or less, desperation moves to find the right combination. New faces, like Soph backs Ed Murphy and Steve Jutras, saw regular action, while every one's favorite, Dick Giardi, got temporarily bumped from his roving line-backer position.
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