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Andover scored in the first half on a 70 yard run by Bullock around the Freshman left end, and a short tackle gain through Paul. In the second half, the Freshmen played more strongly, and they rushed the ball to Andover's 35 yard line; Metcalf's try for a goal from drop-kick was unsuccessful...
...line-up: HARVARD 1906. ANDOVER. Upton, Whitman, r.e. l.e., Overall, Schildenller Gill, r.t. l.t., Hobbs Pell, McFaddon, r.g. l.g., Andrews Sloane, c. c., Gillis Carrick, l.g. r.g., Thompson Paul, l.t. r.t., Conrad Bartels, Wilder, l.e. r.e., Brown Metcalf, Brown, q.b. q.b., Dillon Nichols, l.h.b. r.h.b., Reynolds, Veeder Hodges, r.h.b. l.h.b., Heindrick Guild, f.b. f.b., Bullock...
...with Brown, and before over 15,000 spectators barely managed to win by the score of 6 to 0. Harvard assumed rushing tactics from the start, and about the middle of the first half, after Kernan, by a 40 yard run had carried the ball to the 5 yard line, made the one touchdown of the game. During the remainder of the play the nearest approach to a score was when Harvard had the ball within 16 yards of Brown's goal and was then held and forced to try for a field-goal against the wind. The opposing team...
...regularity,-as sometimes the man with the ball was thrown for a loss for want of careful or effective interference. Plays were also frequently betrayed by men starting before the ball was passed; new signals had to be given and the progress of the game was retarded. The line showed some improvement but could do no more than hold its own, as the lighter Brown team was quicker on every play and in most cases kept the men too busily occupied with their own positions to be of much assistance in other parts of the line...
...nearly 300 yards, but through fumbling or penalties was never able to make full use of the opportunities afforded to score. At the very start, the ball was carried, principally by means of Kernan's 40 yard run around right end, to Brown's 33 yard line, but Graydon was unable to gain on a centre play. Hurley was thrown for a loss of 4 yards and, in order that the ball might be kept, it was taken back 16 yards to the middle of the field. There Kernan lost the ball on a fumble, but on the next play...