Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman football team defeated Princeton 1914 in the Stadium on Saturday afternoon by the score of 3 to 0. Except in kicking, the Freshman team slightly outplayed its opponents. Milholland's drop-kick, long runs by Willetts, Chatfield and Sortwell, and the defensive work of the Princeton ends were the features of the game...
...first play of this period was Lewis's attempt at a drop-kick, which failed. West Point rushed from the 25-yard line and made its only first down on a tackle plunge by Dean. He tried the same play once more but could not gain and punted to Corbett. The latter, aided by the good interference of Morrison and Potter, ran from his 30-yard line to the Army's 45-yard line. Two plays netted 5 yards and Potter punted over the goal line. After one rush from the 25-yard line, Dean kicked to Harvard...
...defeated West Point 9 to 0. Today Harvard will meet a well-drilled and experienced team which has had the advantage of having played several of its important games. The West Point line, from tackle to tackle, is heavy and fast. Dean in the backfield is a very reliable drop-kicker, and has scored a majority of points in the other games in this manner...
...only score of the scrimmage was a drop-kick by T. Frothingham from the 25-yard line, after Team A had recovered the ball following an exchange of punts. Against the substitute linemen the second team showed up well, although it was not able to score. The ends showed improvement, Paine and Thixton getting behind the University line and talking the runner for a loss. O'Hare also played well in the line, breaking through several times and downing the man with the ball. The second team directed the majority off its plays against the University team's line...
...drop-kick occurred during the first part off the scrimmage. Just before the end, the University team was put on the defensive on its 10-yard line. The second tried six line plays but could not score. A forward pas was the last resort but that also proved useless...