Word: gain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard won the toss and took the north goal. Bloomington opened the game by kicking the ball to Harvard's 15 yard line. C. Brewer returned the kick and Bloomington was tackled by Newell before he could gain a yard...
Ninety-nine then began to play harder, but could not gain ground consistently, and had to kick. Ninety-seven made short, heavy rushes, but Dibblee's punting always made good the loss, and the ball was kept near the centre of the field a long time...
...been before this year. It held the 'varsity down to one touchdown, at the same time scoring once for itself. In line work the second eleven was almost equal to the first. It was chiefly due to C. Brewer's superior punting that the second did not gain so much ground as the first. The second eleven kept the playing near the centre of the field most of the time, often holding the first eleven for three downs and forcing C. Brewer to kick...
...present the worst criticism that can be brought on the play of Penn's eleven is that their work is impulsive and not regularly good. When it was absolutely necessary for the team to brace, then Brown could never gain an inch, and her runners were generally thrown backward; but this sort of play did not keep up as it should, and a few such moments of laxity might lose the game against Harvard. The same thing can be said of the offence. When the players really settled down to hard work and rushed at Brown's defence with...
Borden decided to use Gonterman for several successive plays, but he failed to gain. Brewer had to punt. The kick was blocked, and this time Princeton had the ball on Harvard's 10 yard line. Bannard bucked the centre in vain, but on a double pass Suter circled Harvard's left end for a touchdown. The touchdown was made way over near the side line, so a kick-out was tried. No goal was kicked. Score...