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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Stevens-Rushers: Phelps, Wildman, Wreaks, Hall. Mackenzie, Macy, Griswold; DeHart (captain), quarter-back; Mackenzie, Darby, half-backs; Wettlaufer, full-back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth, 18; Stevens, 5. | 11/29/1889 | See Source »

Dartmouth played a strongly offensive game in the first half and kept the ball in Stevens' territory most of the time. She scored eighteen points on touchdowns, and the Stevens men were clearly outplayed. Dartmouth used her strong rushing tactics to good advantage in this half. In the next half Stevens played a much stronger game and kept Dartmouth from scoring. Several good rushes and kicks carried the ball down the field, and before time was called, Stevens kicked a goal from the field. This made the final score 18 to 5 for Dartmouth. Following are the players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth, 18; Stevens, 5. | 11/29/1889 | See Source »

...They will take the 4 o'clock train on the Boston and Albany, staying at Meriden over night and going on to New Haven the next morning. Following will be the make-up of the team: Rushers-left end, Dibblee, Upton, Davis, Brice, Vail, Ellsworth, Hallowell; quarter-back, Kendricken; half-backs, Frothingham and Fearing; full-back, Trafford. Substitutes, Robb, Cummings, Dunn, Carey, Collamore, Blake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/29/1889 | See Source »

...Yale team came on the field at 2.20 and was greeted with a deafening volley of shouts and tin horn tooting. The Princeton team soon followed and after a short bit of preliminary practice the teams took up their positions. Yale won the toss and played the first half with the wind and sun slightly in their favor. The players were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton, 10; Yale, 0. | 11/29/1889 | See Source »

...broken. At the same time our team must work if they would succeed. The fact that very little has been heard of Yale's freshman team this year is no criterion of their strength. We may be sure that they will work to win, and that is more than half the game. The presence-of 'varsity men too, must not inspire undue confidence in our eleven. There is no reason why the team if rightly used should not win; but too much self-confidence, or too little conscientiousness will leave just the loop-hole for which we may be sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/27/1889 | See Source »

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