Word: philbin
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ends between ten and twenty yards on the average. Kilpatrick never failed to keep the runner inside of him, and his defence was of the best. Hobbs and Cooney were both very effective in the line, Hobbs blocking one of Minot's punts which resulted in the first score, Philbin, outside of one brilliant run of 40 yards after catching a punt, was not as spectacular as in the Princeton game a week ago. Howe ran his team well, tackled hard, and used excellent judgment...
...short kick-off to Lilley on Yale's 35- yard line. Minot tackled Lilley so hard that the latter was obliged to leave the field, Paul taking his place at right tackle. Because Trainer Donovan came on the field, Harvard was penalized 15 yards before play was resumed. Philbin made four yards around right end, then Coy punted to O'Flaherty who fumbled and Hobbs recovered the ball for Yale on Harvard's 16-yard line. Coy went through the centre for a scant two yards, but Philbin was unable to gain even a foot at right tackle...
...large score was a surprise, but it was due not so much to any unusual weakness in the visiting eleven as to the power and speed of the Yale backfield. The individual playing of the Yale line was remarkable and often brilliant, but lacked unity. Philbin, in the latter part of the second half, caught a punt on his own 35-yard line, and, with tremendous speed, dodged through the whole Brown team and ran 75 yards for a touchdown...
...Yale team gave promise of tremendous strength but failed to exhibit all the power which they possessed. The men were not well together and the backs did not help each other as they should have. The main features of the game were the work of Philbin and Murphy in running back kicks, and the line smashing...
...Philbin '10, halfback, prepared at Westminster School where he played the same position. He played halfback on his freshman eleven and has played halfback on the university team for two years. He is 21 years old, weighs 177 pounds, and is 5 feet 10 1-2 inches tall...