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...changed hands several times, the first team scored by a series of passes and short end runs. After the second team had received and lost the ball, the first team carried it to the 1-yard line, where they were held. Then the second scored a touchdown on a fluke. On receiving the ball, the second again immediately lost it. Case and Peabody made several good runs and plunges for the first team, the latter carrying the ball over for the third touch-down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hard Practice for Freshmen | 10/11/1907 | See Source »

...yard line on a penalty. At this point the team took a brace and carried the ball the whole length of the field for a touchdown, Gilbert scoring. The last touchdown was made by Nourse who ran 65 yards after getting the ball on a fluke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAST GAME WON FROM BATES | 10/10/1907 | See Source »

...final game of the interclass football series yesterday afternoon, the Seniors won the class championship by defeating the Freshmen 6 to 5. Both teams were weak on the defense and unable to hold the ball. The Seniors secured their touchdown on a fluke in the first half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENIORS WON CHAMPIONSHIP | 11/23/1905 | See Source »

Both teams played a poor defensive game, although the Sophomores were generally able to hold at critical moments. On the offense both teams played fast and aggressively. The Sophomores were in possession of the ball much of the time, and the Freshmen's only score was made on a fluke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Defeat Sophomores, 6-0 | 11/21/1905 | See Source »

...Yale's touchdowns one was directly the result of a blocked punt; and on another blocked punt Yale was enabled to get the ball within striking distance of Harvard's goal line. The first touchdown only was secured unaccompanied by a fluke of any sort...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE, 16; HARVARD, 0 | 11/23/1903 | See Source »

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