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...made by Murphy, the Brown quarterback, who caught a punt and ran 85 yards, helped by splendid interference, for a touchdown. After that, Brown had an easy time and would have scored oftener had it not been for penalties and the fact that with the ball on Vermont's five-yard line, the game was called...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON ROMPED AWAY WITH BUCKNELL, BUT YALE GIVEN GREAT SCARE BY COLGATE ELEVEN SATURDAY | 11/6/1916 | See Source »

...stop, and which ended only when Shiverick's try at a field goal went wild. An exchange of punts together with Benedict's fumble which Wheeler recovered gave the University the ball, and Horween got off his best punt of the day, which went 65 yards to the Ithacans five-yard line. Robinson ran Shiverick's subsequent punt to the 30-yard line, and from there made an unsuccessful attempt at a field goal. Cornell's other flash of power in this period was stopped when Thacher recovered Benedict's second fumble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELLIANS FORCED TO ACCEPT REVENGE | 10/30/1916 | See Source »

...seconds' 35-yard line. E. L. Casey '19 then circled left end for a touchdown and R. Horween '18 kicked the goal. At this point the University's substitutes were put in and the ball again given to the first team on its 35-yard line. H. W. Minot '17 was thrown for a loss and the University was offside. This forced them to punt out and there was another exchange of kicks. Minot then broke loose with two long runs of 30 and 20 yards respectively, bringing the ball to the seconds' five-yard line. Here the University fumbled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACH HAUGHTON DONNED TOGS | 10/11/1916 | See Source »

...ball on the University's 25-yard line. The University was put on the defensive from this time on. The second team succeeded in scoring a field goal and a touchdown by E. Ginn '18 and E. H. Ellison '17, respectively, during the half-hour they had the ball. At one time the second team was held for downs on the University's one-foot line. In the last few minutes of practice, the University received the ball on its 40-yard line. H. W. Minot '17 then carried it to the five-yard line in three rushes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACH HAUGHTON AT PRACTICE | 10/5/1916 | See Source »

Yesterday's contest was hotly fought and although outweighed Gore succeeded in keeping her opponent from scoring until the last quarter. At the start of the fourth period, Smith started a series of successful rushes and forced the ball up to Gore's five-yard line, from which Freeman tallied on the next play. Works kicked the goal. There was no more scoring until the last three minutes of play when Smith made two more touch-downs in lightning succession on two intercepted forward passes.--Hoffman and Craig being the individual stars. Freeman kicked the goal from the last touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SMITH HALL TEAM BEAT GORE HALL ELEVEN 20 TO 0 | 11/17/1915 | See Source »

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