Word: passed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...obtain any distinct advantage, but in the second half the University team had no trouble in gaining through the Brown line, and played a much superior game. The teams resorted mainly to the old style of line-plunging game, and had little or no success with the forward pass or onside kick. Punting was frequent on both sides, McKay, of Brown, with the wind behind him being able to keep the ball in the middle of the field. There was no scoring in the first half, but Harvard had the ball on its opponent's 20-yard line...
...line, and when time was called at the end of the game MacKay had just blocked Brown's punt on the 7-yard line and a single line play had advanced it to the 2-yard line. Brown was never formidable in this half, and except for a forward pass of twenty yards was unable to make any progress...
...spite of this he outplayed Pearson, who frequently missed his volleys and drove many easy shots out of bounds. Pearson's serve was strong, however, and he made several remarkable returns from well-placed shots by Niles. The latter excelled in backhand play and was generally able to pass his opponent who ran up on his own serve continuously...
...Freshman team's first play was a double pass, which Kennard broke up. Winston then punted to the University team, and on its first play White went through right guard for fifteen yards on a fake kick. Kennard then punted to Wigglesworth on the Freshmen's 35-yard line. Winston returned the ball, and Smith recovered it on a fumble. Winston was put through left guard for seven yards. McKay got the ball on Kenney's fumble, but Kennard lost it on the next play. Winston's punt went to Corbett on the 50-yard line, and Kennard punted immediately...
...scrimmage between the substitutes and the second eleven lasted twenty minutes and resulted in one touchdown for the former team, which was made on straight line plunging from the middle of the field. The second team used the forward pass with considerable success...