Word: forward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...yard line. Princeton won because of the superior punting of Law, whose high spirals averaged between 55 and 60 yards each. The open style of play was a disappointment to the followers of Princeton, who believed that she had mastered this style of game. Out of 19 attempted forward passes, only four were completed and five times certain scores were prevented by passes being intercepted. Boland, who had his first real tryout at quarter, displayed fair judgment and handled the ball well, but did not seem to get much snap into the team...
...past two years, at least, no Harvard team has presented such weak resistance to straight rushing. In 1912, Crowther of Brown got away on a slippery field for a run of 45 yards across the Harvard goal; Princeton also scored a touchdown, but on a forward pass. In 1913, a Holy Cross player picked up a fumbled punt with no one between him and the goal. In the Cornell game, the opponents were able to make a touchdown by straight rushes from the 40-yard line, but this was against a substitute line-up, and the only time during...
...yards, an average of 5 yards on each play; the University rushed 45 times for 187 yards, an average of four. Tufts made 17 first downs the University 12. Had not Tufts been penalized at critical moments, and if better judgment had been shown in the use of the forward pass, it is not unlikely that the eleven would have done more scoring...
...Forward Passes Fall...
...forward pass as a reliable means of gaining ground received a severe jolt on Saturday. Tufts started 20, only two of which were successful. Moreover six of the 20 went into the arms of Harvard players, and two of these put the University in a position to score. While Tufts did not display the finish of Washington and Jefferson in this department, yet the eleven is reputed far above the average in open play. When it is considered that a more or less skilled team gained only about 27 yards by means of passes, wasted 12 downs with no gain...