Word: gain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...short rushes to its own 36-yard line, making three first downs, but here was forced to kick. An offside play on the first attempt cost West Point 10 yards, and then Torney punted the ball out of bounds to the 47-yard line. Hanley made a short gain. Nichols went 8 yards through Riley and Thompson, but in the next play lost the ball on a fumble. West Point was unable to make its distance and attempted to punt, but lost the ball on a bad pass. Marshall's kick was blocked and West Point immediately regained the ball...
...Freshmen kicked off. Exeter was unable to gain, and Greene punted 50 yards to the Freshmen's 30-yard line. The Freshmen were held for downs and kicked to the centre of the field from which point Exeter carried the ball by repeated short gains through the left of their opponents' line to the Freshmen's 15-yard line, where the half ended...
...second half the Freshmen were again unable to gain any ground. Pierce fumbled the kick-off and Exeter secured the ball on the Freshman 40-yard line, carrying it to the 27-yard line, and there losing it on downs. The Freshmen in turn failed to make their distance, and their punt was blocked, Porter securing the ball for Exeter on the Freshmen's 8-yard line. In three rushes Exeter crossed the goal line, but McCormick fumbled on the last play and Hall secured the ball. The Freshmen kicked out to midfield and Exeter returned the ball by rushing...
There were no long gains. Advances by either side could be made only on very determined efforts by the whole team, in which the work of the runner was only a secondary element. The longest single gain was made by Mills, when he scored his touchdown on a 13-yard plunge through center. In the second half the team again showed its great fault of last year in losing the ball after carrying it almost to the goal line. In this instance, however, it scored a safety by breaking through and taking advantage of a fumbled pass behind the goal...
...Carrick's pass was bad, and LeMoyne was unable to get the kick off in time and had to fall on the ball on the 30-yard line. On the next play he punted and Amherst ran back the kick to her own 52-yard line. Amherst made several gains, one through Coburn for 6 yards, but was finally forced to kick. Hurley fumbled and Palmer got the ball on Harvard's 12-yard line. In two rushes Amherst made no gain, and Lewis tried a quarterback kick, which was received by Le Moyne. Noyes immediately signalled for a punt...