Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...kick from Yale's 30-yard line, Harvard had made another long march of 60 yards from her 20-yard line. Harvard showed its real strength and versatility of its attack in this series of plays, for an onside kick was recovered by L. Smith for a 25-yard gain and a forward pass was also successful...
...third period, Yale was never closer than 52 yards to Harvard's goal, while Harvard missed two excellent chances to score. From her 48-yard line, the University team carried the ball to Yale's 27-yard line, but lost it on a poor forward pass. Yale could not gain in three rushes and Harvard get the short kick on Yale's 38-yard line. After two rushes had advanced the ball five yards, Lewis, standing on the 34-yard line, tried a drop-kick, but it fell short and Yale got the ball...
...Yale punted 8 times for 265 yards; one of these was run back 29 yards and on another the runner lost 6 yards. An onside kick by each team went outside, and Yale once recovered the ball on a fumbled punt. During the second period, in 17 rushes Harvard gained 94 yards and lost 8. The ball was lost once on a fumble and once on a forward pass. Another forward pass was incomplete, and a third one gained 8 yards. Yale only made 25 yards; 3 of these were onside kicks, one of which Harvard recovered. Yale kicked...
...yard line and Felton ran it back 10 yards. Five yards were made through centre and then Felton punted to Howe, who ran the kick back 10 yards to the middle of the field. When he was tackled he fumbled, but Daly recovered the ball. No gain was made on an end run, so Howe punted to Corbett, who ran back 30 yards to midfield. On a line play by Leslie Harvard made first down, but on the next play Felton punted over the goal-line and Yale brought the ball out to the 25-yard line. After a line...
...Harvard started her rushing game. With Wendell carrying the ball most of the time, Harvard made two first downs and rushed to Yale's 34-yard line, where a 15-yard penalty for holding forced them to kick to Howe, who was downed by Lewis after a 5-yard gain on Yale's 17-yard line. Yale punted at once to Wigglesworth on his 47-yard line, and after a line play had gained nothing, a forward pass was attempted, but Field recovered the ball for Yale at midfield. Howe kicked on the first play to Corbett, who was tackled...