Word: corbett
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Cabot made a bad pass and lost 5 yards; and Corbett punted to Bliss...
Harvard now worked the ball up the field; Shea gained ten yards, Newell 2, Stone 0, Conbett 10 in spite of a good tackle by James, Sherwin 5; Shea lost the ball but got it again, Newell got 2 yards, Corbett 25 by a good interference. Sherwin, Stone and Shea gained about 5 yards, but Corbett failing to gain, Yale got the ball on four downs...
Bliss lost three yards by Shaw's good tackle. After another unsuccessful rush into the centre by a Yale halfback, Bliss punted to Corbett who tried to run with the ball and failed. Corbett gained 5 yards by a run and Harvard was given five more for off-side play. Sherwin got 3 yards, Newell 10 and Corbett 3, but Yale got the ball on 4 downs...
...Corbett and Suerwin gained about 15 yards but Yale got the ball on holding. The ball was now on Yale's 30 yard line...
Cochrane, James, and McCormick now did some very good tackling. Although Harvard kept the ball a long time, she failed to gain. Corbett, after a number of rushes by Stone, Sherwin and Newell had got the ball to Yale's 15 yard line, carried the ball back 20 yards on the fourth down to keep it. The ball went to Yale the very next play for holding...