Word: kickoffs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...kickoff Knowlton and Snyder went in for Squires and Macdonald. Brill kicked to Greene who ran in to the 28-yard line. Folwell and Rooke netted eight yards in four rushes. Nichols here replaced Foster, who was hurt. Stevenson punted to Starr on the 35-yard line. Hurley gained five yards through Lamson and, after Harvard had lost 15 yards for holding, he was again given the ball, but failed to gain. Nichols punted to Stevenson who fumbled, and Leary secured the ball on the 50-yard line. Nichols on an end play made 12 yards, but on the next...
Greene ran to mid-field after the kickoff from the 15-yard line. Stevenson tried an end run, but there was holding and the ball was sent back to the 40-yard line. Greene took the ball on a double pass, but did not gain, Macdonald making a splendid tackle. Sheble punted to Foster, who fumbled, Rooke getting the ball on the 25-yard line with a clear field before him and a good interference behind him, but Leary dove in front of the pile and stopped Pennsylvania on the 10-yard line. Harvard was offside and the ball went...
...game starts with a kickoff from centre-field. The player who receives the ball may either pass it back to one of his own team or kick. Usually he "punts into touch," that is, he punts the ball out of bounds. The ball is then thrown into play by one of the halfbacks. The forward who catches the ball tries to break away, but is usually tackled and the ball "held," that is, one or more players of the opposite side get their hands on it. Then comes the most distinctive feature of the game, the scrimmage. The eight forwards...
Guild ran the first kickoff from the 5 to the 45-yard line, from where the first eleven rushed the ball straight down the field, Brill making the touchdown. After the next kickoff a long punting practice began, the only feature of which was a 32-yard run by Hurley on one of Brown's punts. The remainder of the first half was devoted to defensive work in which the second eleven was given the ball on the 5-yard line, but after gaining three yards was held for downs. Again the second was given the ball...
Mason ran the first kickoff of the second half to his own 10-yard line and on the next rush Heilborn, in attempting an end run, was thrown for a safety by Macdonald. Coach Brown kicked out to Foster, who ran back to the 25-yard line, and was stopped with a hard tackle by Blagden. Lockwood made the touchdown from the 16-yard line, and on the first rush after the next kickoff went outside tackle for another score. Gilder fumbled the kickoff, but Nichols recovered the ball and returned it to the 25-yard line. He punted...