Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Gaining ground on every play...
...ability to play within the rules is far from the least important of these. It should be the aim of the players and coaches in their work of final preparation to profit by the experience of the past so that in the final games the unnecessary loss of ground by reason of penalties may be avoided...
...because the opposing ends were well blocked. B. Smith, Kratz, Sisson and Sprackling did the most effective/work for Brown. For Harvard, Smith and Lewis made some excellent tackles, but were unable to make consistent gains with the forward pass from Potter. In the backfield Corbett was the most reliable ground gainer, and Wendell at times advanced the ball for large gains through the line...
...effect of this rule will be two-fold: 1st. It will prevent a man from attempting to gain his distance after he is fairly "down." 2d. It will allow no excuse for "piling up" by players of the defensive side. In previous years the runner who squirmed along the ground after the ball was declared dead lost only the distance he had gained by so squirming or crawling, and officials were often lax in imposing this small penalty. Consequently it was a great temptation for the players of the defense to pounce upon a player who was fairly tackled...
...side kick, when touching the ground, does not put "on-side" the players of the kicking sides (i.e., so that they may recover the ball) until it has gone at least 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. An on-side kick of less than 20 yards was found often to result in dangerous collisions and a general scramble for the ball, and it was therefore thought advisable to compel a more scientific attempt at this play by legalizing the play only after the ball had struck the ground and advanced 20 yards beyond the scrimmage line...