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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...largest crowd of the season gathered on Jarvis field, Saturday afternoon to see Harvard defeat Wesleyan. The team played with more life than usual, especially in the second half, and succeeded in scoring sixty-four points against the visiting eleven. The rush line work of the eleven. The rush line work of the eleven was good, and the tackling and blocking were the most effective seen this year...
...clock, Harvard having the ball and the east goal. Harding rushed, and aided by good blocking and clever dodging on his own part, carried the ball twenty yards; short rushes by Goldthwaite, Lee, Blanchard, and Harding again, carried the ball well down towards Wesleyan's goal line, but here Harvard lost the ball for holding in the line. Lee secured the ball on Hall's punt, and again it was forced down the field only to be lost again for the same offence. At this point Harding was injured, and Dennison took his place. The ball exchanged hands several times...
Weld started the game for '91 and gained ten yards, but after four downs without a gain, the ball went to '90. Crane kicked to the thirty yard line and Blaney was forced outside on trying to run. Bangs gained fifteen yards by running around the end. After three downs Nichols saved the ball from '90 by gaining a yard. Tyson broke through on Blaney and '91 lost five yards. Six runs by Bass, Blaney, and Weld in succession gained thirty five yards for '91, but the ball was lost to 90. The ball was immediately got back, with...
...half '91 had the ball most of the time and by hard work often forced it near '80's geal, only to have it sent down the field again by one of Crane's long kicks. Ninety-one gained her ground by shoves and short breaks through the rush line, while '90 made quick work in running around the ends and long klcks. In the second half '90 did most of the playing, but '91 played the same plucky game, though she had hard luck...
...downs and had to kick. The kick was returned to Grane who was prevented from running. A shove, a kick, and a run gave '90 another chance to kick a goal but, without success. Ninety-one lost the ball on four downs. Crane punted the ball over the rush line and Emmons secured it and ran over the line but had to come back for interference. Nichols followed the kick to Crane, who threw him off and ran through the crowd, securing a touchdown. Time was called after an attempt at goal had been kicked leaving the score...