Word: cooney
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Centre--Cooney of Yale...
...wonderful game at end. He was almost invariably the first man down under a punt, though Coy was out-punting his ends between ten and twenty yards on the average. Kilpatrick never failed to keep the runner inside of him, and his defence was of the best. Hobbs and Cooney were both very effective in the line, Hobbs blocking one of Minot's punts which resulted in the first score, Philbin, outside of one brilliant run of 40 yards after catching a punt, was not as spectacular as in the Princeton game a week ago. Howe ran his team well...
...interfered with catch and Harvard was penalized 15 yards. Howe, on a quarterback run, was tackled for a two yard loss on Harvard's 51-yard line. Coy sent a nicely placed onside kick just over the centre placed onside kick just over the centre of the line and Cooney recovered the ball for Yale on Harvard's 28-yard line. Coy smashed through right guard for seven yards, while on the next play he gained two yards more. Hobbs was called to the other side of the line and Coy smashed through for Yale's first first down...
Before the kick-off Frothingham replaced Corbett at left halfback. Cooney kicked off to Leslie who ran from his five-yard line to his 21-yard line before he was tackled by Hobbs. Minot gained three yards through centre just as the whistle blew, announcing the end of the half...
Yale made no changes in its lineup, but Houston replaced L. D. Smith at right end on the Harvard team before the second half commenced. Cooney kicked off to McKay who was downed after a short gain on Harvard's 24-yard line. Minot made two yards through Andrus before he was called on to punt. Murphy ran the kick back five yards to his 44-yard line, and on the next play got two yards more through Fisher. The only successful forward pass of the game, one from Howe to Savage, gained six yards from Yale on the next...