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...backs. It was a magnificent bit of defensive work, and had not a University player been offside, thus giving Brown three additional downs, no touchdown would have been scored. With the score 5 to 0 against them, the University eleven put a snap into their play after the next kick-off that was irresistible. They had less than five minutes in which to play, but after recovering a long forward pass on Brown's 8-yard line, Lockwood scored a touchdown on the third play...
...second half, Burr's first kick-off was called back for offside play, and by means of long runs by Mayhew and Dennie under good interference, the ball was brought back to Harvard's 50-yard line, from where Dennie punted to Newhall. Two punts of Burr's sent the ball over Brown's goal line. Dennie made a beautiful 60-yard puntout, after which Harvard slowly worked the ball back, to lose it on a forward pass on Brown's 9-yard line. After this came Harvard's fine exhibition of holding and Brown's touchdown...
Time was called during the first play after the next kick-off, with the ball in Brown's possession near the middle of the field...
After the kick-off, the second returned the ball to Starr on a punt. Starr was downed on the middle line and after two rushes, netting five yards, an onside kick was recovered on the 25-yard line. From there the ball was rushed ever the line by Apollonio after a series of steady tandem bucks. On the next kick-off after an exchange of punts and a forward pass, the second punted to Wendell who ran back 25 yards to the second's 25-yard line. Apollonio then made the second touchdown after another series of tandem plays...
...second play after the next kick-off, Starr punted to Galatti who made a beautiful catch over his shoulder. Somes broke through right tackle for 25 yards, and he and Gilder made 10 yards each in the next three plays. For the rest of the scrimmage until just before the touchdown, the ball was in the second's territory continually changing hands on punts and forward passes but no score was made...