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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This game was the final one of the season team. P. Zach '19 and J. W. Pennock '17, at right and left guard, stopped many plays through the centre of the line and opened up big holes for Johnson to gain through. The latter ran hard and nearly broke loose twice for touchdowns but was downed by the Brown colored halfback, Williams, who overtook him after he had got clear of the rest of the field. Johnson had two opportunities to score drop-kicks but both attempts failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 0 TO 0 TIE WITH BROWN SECONDS | 11/18/1916 | See Source »

...Freshman football team overwhelmed the University School of Cleveland, 42 to 0, in the football game on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon. The Western team was not effective against the Freshman defence and did not gain an incli when in a position to score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WESTERN TEAM LOST TO 1920 | 11/13/1916 | See Source »

...held Tufts for four downs on its one-yard line. Tufts was able to win because of its superior forward and lateral passing game against which the Crimson had no adequate defence. The touchdown which gave the University its second defeat since 1911 was due to a long gain by Captain Westcott of Tufts on a triple lateral pass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEW OF HARVARD SEASON SHOWS PHENOMENAL PROGRESS BETWEEN TUFTS AND CORNELL CONTESTS | 11/11/1916 | See Source »

...than that made against the same team by Harvard. Princeton showed marked improvement in this game, especially in the backfield, where Eddy was given an oportunity at half-back, a position he has since made practically made sure of. Driggs and Tibbott each scored a touchdown and made long gain on end runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEW OF TIGER SEASON SHOWS UNBROKEN SERIES OF VICTORIES AND GOAL LINE YET TO BE CROSSED | 11/11/1916 | See Source »

...registration figures of the University of Pennsylvania, just publisher show a gross enrolment of 9,392, representing a gain of 911 over the enrolment of 1915-16. This does not mean that the is the total of undergraduates, for the undergraduate body is composed of 54 Arts and Sciences men, 830 in Town Scientific, and 1,375 Wharton student only. Out of this number totalling of754, the material for athletic teams secured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDICATIONS FROM YALE'S FALL BASEBALL WORK POINT TO WELL-BALANCED TEAM NEXT SPRING | 11/10/1916 | See Source »

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