Word: forward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...decidedly "new style" game, Princeton defeated Lehigh on Saturday by the score of 35-0. The game was characterized by the use of twenty-two forward passes and many new formations, resembling the Minnesota shift...
Dartmouth scored first on a successful forward pass. The feature of the game was the work of D. Morey at right half, who made four touchdowns and several long end runs. Dartmouth's most noticeable defect was the tendency of the backfield to fumble near its own goal-line...
...advance notices gave to understand, but it was nevertheless encouraging to see the University line hold and the backs tear around end and plunge through the line at will. The game was an interesting one to watch, for there was a variety of playing such as is seldom seen; forward passes were prettily executed, line plunges were cleanly done, runs in from kicks were spectacular, end runs were done behind well formed interference, and shift plays and delayed passes were used profusely. Moreover, though the teams were not evenly matched, Holy Cross did her full share to make the game...
Harvard made 16 first downs from scrimmage to 4 for Holy Cross and charged 300 yards, (235 in the first half) from scrimmage, to 110 for Holy Cross (including 50 yards for forward passes). Harvard tried four forward passes, which failed; Holy Cross tried seven, succeeded in three in the second half, and netted 50 yards thereby. Harvard was penalized 35 yards; Holy Cross only 10. And in the first half Holy Cross had the ball only 4 times, gained only 25 yards and never had it outside her own 33 yard line...
Yesterday's practice was long and of an elementary nature, preparatory to the game this afternoon. The signal practice of team A was slow and at times resulted in serious bungling, noticeably when the forward pass was attempted. Out of eight tries only two passes were successful. The backfield, however, ran through their parts in snappy style...