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Captain Fisher won the toss and chose to receive the kick-off at the open end of the Stadium with a favorable wind. Wendell took the ball on the 15-yard line and ran it back 10 yards. Felton punted immediately to Whalen on his 40-yard line, and before the Holy Cross quarterback could start he was downed by Gardiner. Holy Cross was forced to kick, Potter receiving the ball on his own 45-yard line. Then followed an exchange of punts which netted the University eleven 20 yards, leaving the ball in their possession in mid-field. Campbell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLY CROSS DEFEATED, 8 TO 0 | 10/9/1911 | See Source »

Captain Fisher won the toss and chose the goal at the open end of the Stadium to receive the kick-off. Jenckes received the ball but was downed in his tracks on the 35-yard line. Rushes and a five-yard penalty against Bates took the ball to the centre of the field, where Felton punted to Hill. The latter, however, fumbled, and Gardiner recovered the ball on the 20-yard line. Wendell and Morrison went through the line to the 8 yard mark, where Potter tried a forward pass to Smith which failed. Strong defence forced Bates to punt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATES DEFEATED, 15 TO 0 | 10/2/1911 | See Source »

...first eleven again entered the game in the third period and received the kick-off. Potter ran the ball back 10 yards and then made a beautiful punt of 50 yards to Bates's 10-yard line. tried to rush the ball out but was forced to punt to her 40-yard line. From there Potter made a forward pass, the only perfect one of the day, to Smith, netting 20 yards. From there Wendell crossed the goal line on a magnificent plunge but was called back and the University team was penalized 15 yards for holding. An offside penalty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATES DEFEATED, 15 TO 0 | 10/2/1911 | See Source »

...made by Williams, who ran 20 yards for a touchdown after receiving a forward pass from Galatti. With the exception of this touchdown the All-Stars never came nearer than 12 yards to their opponents' goal. The southerners just missed scoring a safety when Marre tackled Dewey after the kick-off on his two-yard line. The All-Stars punted out of danger, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL-STARS' SOUTHERN TRIP | 1/3/1911 | See Source »

...second half opened with Morrison in Leslie's place and Wigglesworth back at quarter. Wendell ran back the kick-off 22 yards to the 33-yard line and after the next play, Harvard punted to Howe, who was downed on his 23-yard line by Smith after running back 7 yards. On good line plunging by Daly, Kistler and Field, Yale carried the ball just across the middle of the field, where Daly fumbled. Harvard punted at once and during the rest of the period Yale never had the ball in Harvard's territory. After Field had made first down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 0; YALE, 0 | 11/21/1910 | See Source »

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