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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...start of the game Exeter tried for a field goal, which failed. Shortly afterwards H. L. Whitney blocked a punt in the middle of the field and the ball was carried over for a touchdown by straight rushing. J. R. Litchfield made the second Freshman touchdown by also blocking a punt and falling on it after it had rolled over the goal line. F. S. Johnson scored the third on a quarterback run in the second half. R. G. Hadley kick all three goals...
...first period as the result of a march of 65 yards down the field, sweeping away all Bucknell opposition. Later on Hopler of Bucknell recovered a fumble on his two-yard mark, and ran the length of the field for a touchdown, but was called back because the ball had been fumbled after it had been declared dead. This took the heart out of the Lewisburg team and the rest of the game was easy for Princeton...
...Vermont eleven was weak on the defense and showed a tendency to fumble, which fact lost them one of their two chances to score. Aided by off-side and holding penalties, of which many were charged up against Brown, the Vermont team carried the ball from their 22-yard line to Brown's 35-yard line, but here the Providence team recovered a fumble and Vermont's spurt was futile...
...next score was made by Murphy, the Brown quarterback, who caught a punt and ran 85 yards, helped by splendid interference, for a touchdown. After that, Brown had an easy time and would have scored oftener had it not been for penalties and the fact that with the ball on Vermont's five-yard line, the game was called...
...this slight lead until the last quarter, when Legore caught a forward pass and crossed the goal line for the touchdown that won the game. This lone score came after the Colgate halfback, Hubbell, had been so hurried in his punting that he had been unable to kick the ball accurately, and it went outside on his 20-yard line. Yale gained ten yards, and when Colgate was penalized for being off-side, the ball was on the five-yard line. Colgate held for three downs, but on the fourth Neville sent a pretty pass to Legore who crossed...