Word: forward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That the Tufts football team out-played the University team in every department of the game is the opinion of C. E. Brickley '15, captain of the 1914 eleven. "It was the first time I ever saw a Harvard team forced to forward passing in its own territory in desperate attempts to advance the ball. In my opinion there was too much hesitation in running plays and too much crudeness in handling the ball...
...University football team suffered their first defeat of the season, the fifth in nine years, when Tufts secured a 7 to 3 victory in the Stadium Saturday afternoon. An effective combination of the forward and lateral passes, which the University team could not solve, a smoothness and perfection in running plays, as well as unusually good team work, were responsible for the outcome. Only once did the University team show any real form or power, and that was in the third period when they stopped the drive of the Tufts eleven, and held them for four downs inside their...
Both teams were off form during the second quarter. Tufts tried five forward passes, all of them unsuccessful; the University backs could not make their distance on line plays, while penalties were frequent, both sides suffering...
...could secure only three yards, an I Harvard received the ball on their 1-feet line. R. Horween '18, who was substituted at this point for T. C. Thacher, Jr., '18, punted from behind his goal line, Mitchell receiving the ball on the 50-yard line. A series of forward passes and shifty line plays, however, brought the Tufts eleven to the 20-yard line before the close of the period...
...yard line, from which position Doane dove over the line for the touchdown. Mitchell received the ball on the punt out, and Morrison kicked the goal, making the score 7 to 3. Although the University had the ball during the greater part of the remainder of the game, intercepted forward passes and the failure of others prevented a score, the whistle ending the game with the ball in the University's possession on the Tufts 38-yard line...