Word: gridironed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the much-heralded Army invasion only two days off, Coach Horween yesterday afternoon sent his gridiron forces through an intensive drill. No actual scrimmaging was undertaken, nor will there be any this week, Test any important cogs in the Crimson attack be unexpectedly put out of commission before Saturday's clash. Judging from the business-like atmosphere around the Locker Building at Soldiers Field, every effort is being made to maintain Harvard's record of 13 victories in as many contests with the West Point cadets...
...gridiron classic, E. H. Kendall '02, who was absent when the above picture was taken, and Reid led the Crimson attack, both piercing the opposing forward wall for two touchdowns. Dribblee was the other member of the Harvard machine who crossed the last cadet white line. Cochrane and Haughton, whose punting was a feature of the contest, brought the total score to 28 with two and one points-after-touchdown apiece...
...football field, communicated with Head Coach Forbes his plan for stopping the line-crashing Penn guard. The attacks of the Austrian army and the Quaker eleven were analogous, both directing a powerful blow at the center of the opposing line. To substitute ends and tackles of a gridiron machine on the defense for the little Corporal's cavalry was a natural step, and the center could be reenforced by the backs, just as the French center was strengthened by the reserves. Head Coach Forbes could then wait until they engaged his center, as Napoleon waited at Austerlitz. The human pile...
Harvard and West Point have met 13 times on the gridiron but in each case the meeting has taken place on the Plains at West Point, and this is the first occasion on which the Harvard undergraduate body has had an opportunity to act as host...
Chapel Hill, N. C., Oct. 10--Spectators in the Stadium Saturday will have an opportunity to see at first hand the Rockne style of football as taught by Head Coach Collins of North Carolina, stellar end on Notre Dame's famous gridiron machine of 1924. Sweeping off-tackle thrusts and-end runs mixed with deceptive hidden-ball plays and not infrequent aerial stabs will be the order...