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Captain Higgins was the star player of the Maine team. He was the mainstay of their secondary defense, which was usually obliged to stop the Harvard backs. Maine showed poor judgment in receiving on every kick-off, for the ball was thus always in their territory and they were not...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 30; MAINE, 0 | 10/7/1907 | See Source »

Lockwood received the kick-off and ran the ball back to the 35-yard line. Gilbert gained three yards around right end. Waterbury's double pass was fumbled and Harvard lost 15 yards on a penalty. Burr punted to Miner, who was tackled by Inches on Maine's 50-yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 30; MAINE, 0 | 10/7/1907 | See Source »

Gilbert received the ball on the kick-off and ran it back 10 yards to the 20-yard line. Wendell gained eight yards, but 10 yards were lost on a penalty. Lockwood fumbled, but recovered the ball on the 3-yard line. He then punted and the first eleven recovered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAST FOOTBALL PRACTICE | 10/1/1907 | See Source »

For the first few minutes of play it looked as if the University eleven would score for shortly after the first kick-off Macdonald secured the ball on Yale's 45-yard line after Parker had blocked Veeder's punt. A forward pass to Starr gained 21 yards, and two...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 0; YALE, 6 | 11/26/1906 | See Source »

On the next kick-off Lang of Dartmouth ran 55-yards through the Harvard team, being finally tackled by Osborne on the 45-yard line. By means of three fierce line bucks and one forward pass the ball was carried to the 17-yard line, where McDevitt tried another goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 22; DARTMOUTH, 9 | 11/19/1906 | See Source »

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