Word: forward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Colgate made 18 first downs during the game to Yale's 11, and successfully accomplished eight out of 16 forward passes, but most of the advantage gained by this great offensive strength was lost because of penalties. The Hamilton eleven was penalized for a total of 95 yards. Yale's defence on its own goal line was a very different thing from its defence in the middle of the field and at the very beginning of the game the Blue team held its opponents for four downs in the shadow of the goal posts...
...Stadium last Saturday afternoon. Virginia was powerless to stop the University backs, who made long gains practically at will. The Southerners were never dangerous and only once had the ball in the University's half of the field, this being after the successful completion of a series of forward passes, of which, the last however, was intercepted by Minot '17, who ran 65 yards for a touchdown...
...yards. Although he invariably punted his team out of danger, the Southerners tackled so loosely that the University's backs were always sure of running the ball back an average of ten to 15 yards. The Southerners, as was expected, used an open style of play with many forward passes and ends playing far out. They were only partially successful with their passing game, for out of 16 passes tried, only four were completed...
...tackling of the Southern eleven was poor and uncertain, that of the University was always hard and sure. At the end of the first quarter, Kinsolving received a pretty forward pass from Thurman and ran 30 yards, but Minot was waiting for him and stopped him short. The line also played well and frequently broke through and tackled the Virginia backs before they were started. W. H. Wheeler '18 played a particularly strong game and was an important factor in stopping all plays through his side of the line. H. Coolidge '19, as substitute end, showed up well...
...final period the University accomplished its first forward passes, all of them leading to touchdowns. H. Coolidge scored the first touchdown of this quarter by catching a pass from Willcox behind the goal line and Bond scored the last one a few minutes later on a line plunge. He kicked both goals. Willcox nearly scored another just before the game ended when he ran back a punt to Virginia's ten-yard line but the whistle blew before any further progress could be made...