Word: pass
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...most important decision of the meeting was, that if a forward pass is made from behind the offense's goal-line and strikes the ground before being touched, it is to be called a safety for the defense, regardless of whether the pass was made on the first or second down. It was also decided that the penalty for an illegal or incompleted forward pass, viz., a forward pass which strikes the ground before being touched, could not be declined by the offended side even if it was to its advantage...
Butt was tackled for loss by Metcalf on an end run. Burr gained 18 yards by a forward pass to Hoar on the middle line. Butt gained four yards through centre, but lost the ball on a fumble. Higgins gained three yards and then passed forward to Starr, who was tackled by Metcalf on Harvard's 27-yard line. Gilbert gained three yards around right end on a delayed pass. Waterbury failed to gain and Harvard was penalized 10 yards. Burr punted to Higgins, who was downed by Kennard on Harvard's 51-yard line. Higgins gained 15 yards...
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 line. Burr broke through and tackled Higgins for a 4-yard loss on an end play. Cobb failed to gain around left end. Higgins punted to Lockwood, who ran 60 yards along the side lines for Harvard's second touchdown. Parker kicked the goal...
With five minutes to play, Burr kicked off to Bearse, who was downed on the 16-yard line. Maine gained four yards and punted, but recovered the ball in the next play on a fumbled forward pass. Cobb made an on-side kick, which was also recovered, and then kicked again to Starr, who ran from the 47 to the 30-yard line with good interference. Lockwood and Gilbert then tried a criss-cross pass which failed to work. On a fake punt, Lockwood gained 15 yards to Maine's 53-yard line, but it was Maine's ball...
Burr kicked off to Higgins, who fumbled, and Maine lost the ball Burr's forward pass went over the goal line for a touchback, and on the punt-out from the 25-yard line, Waterbury caught the ball and ran to Harvard's 40-yard line. Another forward pass was tried, but Harvard was penalized for off-side play. Newhall made an on-side kick to A. Cook, who passed forward to Vickery, but Maine was penalized and Higgins punted to Newhall on Maine's 25-yard line. After two forward passes, in which the ball changed hands...