This year, seniors Rob Santos and ChrisPillsbury should be steady anchors. After that,Restic is looking at a thin crop. The coachconceded that the team is still "a question of howfast people come together," that the team is still"rebuilding" in positions, and that "more work"needs to be done. That's all true. It's also truethat no matter how eager the Crimson seems, theteam is also anxious over its weaknesses.
In spite of all that, the coaches and playersare visibly giddy about the cast of charactersthat are coming back. Restic, who's been aroundthe block 21 times, still has a mission:
"An undefeated season first. Undisputed Ivychampions next."
Sure, coach, we know dreams die hard aroundhere. But is this the year? "It's going to beexciting. That doesn't mean we're going to score100 points. But it's going to be exciting."
FOOTBALL
Coach: Joe Restic
Captain: Robb Hirsch
1991 Overall Record: 4-5-1
1991 Ivy Record: 4-2-1
1991 Ivy Finish: Third
FOOTBALL: '91 RESULTS9/21 Columbia 21-16 W 1-0-09/28 at Army 21-20 L 1-1-010/5 Holy Cross 28-13 L 1-2-010/12 at Fordham 14-7 L 1-3-010/19 at Cornell 22-17 L 1-4-010/26 Princeton 24-21 W 2-4-011/2 Dartmouth 31-31 T 2-4-111/9 at Brown 35-29 W 3-4-111/16 Pennsylvania 22-18 W 4-4-111/23 Yale 23-13 L 5-4-1
FOOTBALL: '92 SCHEDULE9/19 at Columbia 1:30 p.m.9/26 William & Mary 1 p.m.10/3 at Holy Cross 1 p.m.10/10 Cornell 1 p.m.10/17 at Lafayette 1:30 p.m.10/24 at Princeton 1 p.m.10/31 Dartmouth 1 p.m.11/7 Brown 1 p.m.11/14 at Pennsylvania 1 p.m.11/21 Yale 1 p.m.FOOTBALL: '91 STATISTICS
Team Statistics: HARVARD OPPONENTSPoints: 203 223First Downs: 195 163Passing Yards: 1405 1668Rushing Yards: 2258 1844Total Yards: 3663 3232Penalties-Yards: 68-538 60-580Int By/Yds Returned: 5-33 12-96PuntReturns-Yds/Avg: 29-199/6.9 31-273/8.8KickoffReturns-Yds/Avg: 37-689/18.6 40-682/17.1Punts-Yards/Avg: 56-1961/35.0 69-2411/35.1Fumbles/Fumbles Lost: 21-11 13-4Q.B. Sacks By/Yards: 13/134 33/1743rd Down Conv/Pct: 59 of 145/.407 52 of162/.320
Passing:Player GCpl/Att Pct. Yds TD Int.MikeGiardi 979/161 .490 1193 6 9DavidMorgan 10 16/34 .480 167 0 3MattJohnson 10 1/5 .200 28 0 28JoelLamb 1 2/6 .333 17 0 9
ReceivingPlayer G Rec Yds. Avg TD LgRobbHirsch 10 32 438 13.7 3 47ColbyMaher 10 25 328 13.1 1 47AndyLombara 9 11 194 17.6 1 41KendrickJoyce 10 11 131 11.9 0 28MattJohnson 10 9 194 21.6 1 72ReadHubbard 10 3 47 15.7 0 23Mike Hill 10 2 18 9 0 18MarkBegert 5 1 16 16.0 0 16ChrisTaylor 10 1 10 10.0 0 10
Interceptions:Player G No Yds TD LgGreg Belsher 10 2 3 0 3Rob Santos 10 1 24 0 24Chris Pillsbury 10 1 6 0 6Sean Koscho 10 1 0 0 0
Punting:Player G No Yds Avg LgDavidMorgan 10 56 1961 35.0 51