Word: flukes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...make some remark upon the football game, since it is of so much interest to all the men here." Its remarks are exceedingly interesting. It views the defeat in a rather gloomy light. We are told that "we were on the whole outplayed," "it was fortunate that a 'fluke' touchdown was not given us." finally we are told that our standard "was not up to that of a decidedly mediocre Yale team" -remarkable, is it not, that the best team Yale ever put in the field should have barely succeeded in scoring six points towards the end of the second...
...touchdowns were made either by Arnold around the end or by Fennessy and Gould through the centre. The high tackling of the Amherst team was partly responsible for their defeat as the Harvard backs often made several yards after being tackled. One of Amherst's touchdowns was on a fluke. Following is the order of the players...
...contrary, Yale soon found that Harvard's centre was strong, but that at the tackles and ends her own fine interference could do telling work. So Captain McClung attacked these points constantly and by sharp work scored immediately. The second touch down for Yale was not a "fluke." No one was interfering for Corbett, who, in his struggles to get away from Hinkey, dropped the ball. Then Yale's close following of it and her clever interference won the touch down. The reason that Harvard's offensive work failed was, as has been said, because her excellent ground-gainers...
...scores made by the teams reveals the fact that Yale has not been scored against, while opponents have made 22 points against Harvard. Such a record would indicate that Harvard's defensive play is weaker than Yale's. All of the points made against Harvard, except the "fluke" by the B. A. A., were made by steady gains through the centre; and it is altogether probable that Yale will adopt similar tactics to a certain extent...
There was no more scoring in the first half, but in the second the juniors scored again on a fluke. They had worked the ball down to Cambridge's 20-yard line and then lost it on four downs, when Rogers broke through and got the ball on a tumble. There was but one man between him and the line and he easily scored. No goal. There was no more scoring after this...