Word: fielded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard's football season closed on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, last Saturday afternoon, with a defeat by the University of Pennsylvania, the score being...
...game was played under the most favorable weather conditions, although the slippery ground caused the Harvard backs to stumble at times. As compared with the '96 elevens which met on the same field, Pennsylvania had made a most noticeable advance in football. In the kicking department there was a great advance. She had a larger number of offensive plays, including a place drop kick, which was successful, and some fakes on "guards-back" formations, which gained several times. The one play used always for gains was the "guards-back" formation with its many variations. Her greatest improvement, however...
...punting the ball far into Harvard's territory. After exchanges by the fullbacks Pennsylvania resorted to rushing, carrying the ball to Harvard's 5 yard line, where she lost it on downs. A fair catch of Haughton's punt entitled Morice to try for a goal from the field, but he failed. This, however, did not discourage Pennsylvania, for when she had rushed the ball back to Harvard's 25 yard line again Minds succeeded in making a goal from the field on a place kick...
...Though Pennsylvania carried the ball once afterwards from her own 25 yard line to Harvard's one yard line, on her same mass-formation and fakes around the end, she could not make another touchdown. Morice towards the end of the game tried for another goal from the field on a drop kick but it was blocked...
...Harvard Freshman eleven again showed its strength last Saturday in de feating Yale 1901 by the score of 34 to 0. As the snow, which covered Soldiers Field to the depth of two inches, had been cleaned off only that morning, the ground was in a very slippery condition and greatly handicapped the work of both teams, preventing fast, clean play...