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...ball and dash the remaining 25 yards to the goal line. Besides out-kicking his opponent, Guernsey contributed directly to the score by two drop-kicks. The first, from his own 46-yard line, was the most spectacular kick of the season. The second was easier but it had to travel 35 yards to go over the bar. Princeton's score was the result of a twenty-yard run by Tibbott and two successful forward passes netting almost twenty yards more. This brought the ball inside Yale's five-yard mark and it took the Tigers seven plays to score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE'S REJUVENATED ELEVEN BEAT TIGERS AT OWN GAME | 11/15/1915 | See Source »

...Freshmen scrimmaged very poorly yesterday, and their listlessness was discouraging in view of the way they played last Saturday. Playing against the University second team they carried the ball to the five-yard line, where they failed in eight attempts to put it across. The Freshman lacked coordination and failed to show their usual power. Selden at centre, and Taylor at quarterback for the seconds played well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Football Squad Suffered Another Injury | 11/3/1915 | See Source »

Laplant, at end, for the visitors furnished several thrills and succeeded on one occasion in carrying the ball to Princeton's five-yard line as a result of a forward pass. Here, however, the Williams team was held helpless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON SUBSTITUTES EASILY DEFEATED WILLIAMS | 11/1/1915 | See Source »

...latter got into position for a field goal which Cahall put over without difficulty. The end runs and forwards were the main factors in Lehigh's progress down the field. In the third quarter Yale strengthened her attack and marched directly to the opponent's goal line. At the five-yard mark Legore went in for the first time this season and carried the ball over for the only touchdown. Another goal by Lehigh made the final score 7-6. At other times both the offense and defense of the blue team were decidedly ineffective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMING OPPONENTS WERE SUCCESSFUL SATURDAY | 10/11/1915 | See Source »

...force the ball over the line. At the beginning of the last quarter the Brown eleven counted on a series of end runs and a fortunate forward pass. With but five minutes left to play and leading by a meagre one point, the Yale team, re-enforced by the return of Captain Talbott, rushed the ball by hard line plunges down to the opponent's five-yard line. Scovil, on the fourth down pushed the ball across for the final score just previous to the end of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE WON BY STRAIGHT FOOTBALL | 11/9/1914 | See Source »

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