Word: fours
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With the exception of the games with Yale Cornell's record for the football season is 255 points to opponents' 4. The four points were made by Stevens Institute...
...teams lined up at 2.20, Harvard having taken the north side of the field with the wind in their favor. Yale formed a V, and Gill ran ten yards before he was downed. McBride punted. After Harvard's second down with a gain of four yards Trafford punted. McBridge at once returned the kick. Stickney made a good rush of fifteen yards. Upton rushed without gaining. Lee made eight yards. A mistake in the signals forced Harvard to a second down, and then B. Trafford attempted to kick, but was stopped, losing fifteen yards. On Harvard's third down...
...Yale. McBride kicked again and B. Trafford soon returned. P. Trafford tackled Gill finely. Gill then made a magnificent rush of forty yards through half a dozen Harvard men, but was downed by B. Trafford at the twenty-five yard line. Yale gained slightly but lost the ball on four downs. Trafford kicked and Hallowell secured the ball. Lee dropped the ball but again Yale made four downs without gaining. Saxe gained three yards, Lee rushed six yards and passed to Cumnock, who had pluckily continued to play after hurting his leg, and now gained fifteen yards. After four downs...
Yale's rush-line averaged two pounds heavier than Harvard's. Yale's four backs averaged six pounds lighter than Harvard...
...four volumes of Thane's British Autography which was presented to Bowdoin college by Miss Thayer of Roxbury, Mass., is especially valuable as there are but two other complete sets in existence...