Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Receiving the ball shortly after the opening whistle, the Freshmen marched steadily down the gridiron, breaking through the schoolboy forward wall, and gaining heavily on an occasional aerial thrust. Hitch finally broke from the scrimmage line and dashed forty yards for a touchdown. The try for point failed, and the scoring was ended for the first half...
...crimson-jerseyed warriors out-played their younger opponents in every department of the game. The 1930 line charged hard and effectively, and the backs, shifty and fast, eluded the schoolboy tackles to reap big gains. Particularly effective in gaining ground for the Freshmen was a forward pass, thrown from a take end run formation. The Crimson passing game was fairly smooth, about half of the attempted heaves being completed...
Worcester fumbled often, and this loose handling of the ball nullified any attack. The schoolboy backs were unable to pierce the stone-wall defense presented by the Freshman forward wall, and were forced to resort to kicking. Good punting was instrumental in holding down the score...
...booters smothered the Dean Academy eleven by the decisive score of 6 to 1 last Saturday afternoon. Five of the Freshmen's points were amassed during the first period, and the forward line missed several chances to swell the total during the second half...
Harvard Number of rushes34 Gained through rushes 199 yds. Number of punts 7 Total length of punts 290 yds. Average length of punts 41 1-2 yds. Completed forward passes 3 Gained through passes 33 yds. Number of penalties 3 Loss through penalties 15 yds. Number of first downs 15 Dartmouth Number of rushes 20 Gained through rushes 121 yds. Number of punts 7 Total length of punts 281 yds. Average length of punts 40 yds. Completed forward passes 3 Gained through passes 118 yds. Number of penalties 4 Loss through penalties 20 yds. Number of first downs...