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Brides broke through between left tackle and guard for a 30-yard gain. Bomar followed with five yards; and on a tandem play Brides gained nine yards more. Peirce stopped Bomar for no gain, and Coy gained two yards through tackle. Alcott recovered Coy's onside kick on Harvard's 24-yard line, and it looked as if Yale was off for a touchdown. But Coy and Bomar gained only four yards in two plays, and Bomar dropped back for a goal from placement. The ball went wide and Burr punted...
...push the ball over the goal line when once within striking distance, was what brought Yale out of the contest victorious. It was a game in which eleven individuals played hard and well against a more perfectly working, machine-like team, equipped with an offense that was able to gain ten yards in three downs by means of straight football...
...well with Captain Biglow. Apollonio did some magnificent secondary defensive work behind the line, and was frequently called upon to stop the Yale backs in their heavy mass plays. Rand also played a good defensive game, and interfered well for Wendell's end runs, but could not gain ground himself consistently...
...Hoar had been substituted for Parker. Biglow kicked off to Burr, who ran back 10 yards, but Yale was offside and Biglow kicked again to Newhall, who was downed on Harvard's 35-yard line. Apollonio made four yards on a fake kick and Wendell, working the same play, gained 20 yards around end. Newhall punted to Jones, who was tackled by Hoar on Yale's 10-yard line. Philbin ran for 20 yards through tackle before being downed from behind by Starr. In two plays Brides and Philbin gained eight yards. After Foster had replaced Paige, Coy punted...
With Foster back and carrying the ball, Yale made 12 yards in two plays, but Grant tackled Philbin for no gain on an off-tackle play, and Rand secured Coy's onside kick. Newhall lost on a quarterback run and so made an onside kick which H. Jones recovered on Yale's 40-yard line. From this point Yale rushed the ball straight down the field for a touchdown. A double pass, Coy to Philbin, gained to the middle line. Yale gained nine yards through centre, three through tackle; and two more through centre. Alcott secured Jones's forward pass...