Word: faked
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...half the Seniors kicked off and soon regained the ball on a fumble. By a series of steady gains the 1-yard line was reached and Burns went over for a touchdown. He kicked the goal. Soon after the next kick-off Jones made a long gain on a fake kick and Craft scored the touchdown. Burns again kicked the goal. The third touchdown and goal were made by Burns after a 55-yard run by Craft and a few short rushes. The game ended with the ball on the Juniors' 30-yard line...
...forward pass and the onside kick as was expected, for they did not try the forward pass at all, and attempted the onside kick only five times, each time unsuccessfully. Harvard on the other hand used several trick plays with success, including forward passes, onside kicks, fake kicks, cross bucks, and backward passes. Carlisle seldom rushed the ball, but instead depended upon Mount Pleasant's excellent punting to keep the ball away from their goal line. The University team rushed a great deal in the first half, but after securing a touchdown in the second half resorted to Burr...
Saturday afternoon the University football team defeated Brown in the Stadium by the score of 9 to 5, in a game full of brilliant features. The shifting formations, fake kicks, and trick plays of all sorts which were used by the Brown eleven on the offense, combined with the quickness of the team in following the ball on all occasions, were the main causes of Harvard's low score. The University eleven secured its only touchdown shortly before the close of the first half after Brown had been penalized 15 yards for interference with Newhall's fair catch...
...preliminary practice consisted of two main features: a half-hour line-up for the first eleven, which was devoted to work on the forward pass, fake kicks and a few line plays; and a long practice for the ends in tackling a man in the open field after a punt. Coaches Reid and Bowditch directed the latter part of the work. Starr, who has not been in the game for some time, was played at quarterback both in the practice and in the scrimmage...
...yard line. After three downs the ball went back to Harvard on the 33-yard line. An exchange of kicks and a rush or two carried the ball to Springfield's 36-yard line but the ball was lost on downs on the 11-yard line. On a fake Honhardt gained 13 yards through the left side of the line. Harvard held twice, and Osborne blocked Honhardt's punt. Wendell picked up the ball and scored. Burr kicked the goal...