Word: gained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Shea received the kick-off for Harvard, and ran it in about ten yards to the 30-yard line. Nesmith fumbled on the first play and Lewis fell on the ball. Two gains gave Amherst first down. Bowditch threw the runner back 4 yards and Shay punted. The kick was blocked, and Coburn got it for Harvard on the 16-yard line. From that point the ball was carried down the field 50 yards to Amherst's 44-yard line; the backs alternated in making gains of from 3 to 7 yards, and Hurley went around left...
...generally forced to give way to superior weight, but even against these odds made a very plucky fight and frequently forced the University team to use all its downs to secure a five-yard advance. Fast work by the backs alone prevented most of the plays being stopped without gain. The interference was wretched...
...Yale line was impenetrable and played evenly on the offense, but the backs started slowly. Wesleyan did not once gain its distance. The first touchdown was scored after two minutes of play, in which the ball was carried 100 yards. Twitchell, of Yale, tried two field goals, but missed both. Simple tactics were used throughout the game...
...yesterday was characterized by a spirit of dash and aggressiveness, and the work on the whole was quite satisfactory. In the line-up the first team was kept on the defense for the greater part of the time, but succeeded almost invariably in holding the second team for no gain, and Bowditch and Shea each broke through once and tackled the second team runner for a loss...
...line-up the first team received the kick-off on their twenty-five yard line, and then by consistent gains through both sides of the line advanced the ball to the second's fifteen yard line. Here the ball was given to the second, which was unable to gain, and punted. The first team chiefly by gains through the line carried the ball back to the twenty-five yard line when time was called...