Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...following week Bowdoin was defeated by the score of 32 to 0, at no time being able to gain consistently. Open runs were frequent, Leslie and Graustein running respectively 65 and 57 yards for touchdowns. The interference on these plays was very effective nearly half the Harvard team keeping with the runner. In the open play the University team followed the ball very closely...
...Williams game the University team had its first opportunity to show its strength. The line was impenetrable and the backfield displayed its ground-gaining ability by scoring 21 points. The following Saturday the University team defeated Amherst by the decisive score of 17 to 0, in a game characterized by long punts and noticeable absence of the new style of play. During the first five minutes of the game the University team's line was put on the defensive inside its 5-yard line for the first time this season. Three attempts by Amherst to gain were unavailing, and Corbett...
...Indians tackled hard, but their play lacked finish and decisiveness, and their generalship was poor at times. Their best play was a well-developed criss-cross aimed at the tackle, but they were unable to gain by this at all consistently...
...several years ago by Head Coach Haughton, and Harvard should find no trouble in smothering it. Fortunately the Yale team is composed for the most part of inexperienced men, while the Harvard team has a large number of veterans. As the offense of either team will be unable to gain through its opponent's line, the team with the most experience and greatest ability in diagnosing the other's plays will probably prove victorious. Fish refused to predict the exact score unless Coach Coy did so first, saying such predictions were good omens of victory for Harvard. After Fish...
...second half the defence of both sides stiffened materially, and except for a few gains made by the Juniors on forward passes, neither side was able to advance the ball. The Seniors scored the only touchdown in the final period. With the ball in the middle of the field, the Juniors partially blocked a kick, and Murdoch, recovering the ball on the 30-yard line, ran the remaining distance for a touchdown. Lewis kicked the goal. When play was resumed, the Juniors received the kick-off, but being unable to gain consistently, were forced to kick. The Seniors fumbled...