Word: placement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eastman's block and subsequent recovery of the Yale placement kick was another outstanding bit of Crimson playing, and this was responsible for Pfaffman's perfect 25-yard drop-kick which ended the scoring and gave the University a safe seven point lead...
...yard mark. A short pass and a line plunge gained first down, but the opposition strengthened, and Buell, trying for the third time, sent the ball between the posts for the first score. In the third quarter Chapin made a fair catch and Owen sent across a placement for three points more. After the teams had changed positions at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Neidlinger booted a perfect 48-yard placement kick over the goal posts. Somewhat later, when the Green was advancing in mid-field, Harris fell back unprotected to make a pass. Jenkins rushed in from...
...Crimson eleven, Owen is the high scorer with 21 points gained from three touchdowns and one placement kick. Pfaffman stands second in the list with 20 points from two touchdowns, 2 field-goals, and 2 goals after touchdowns. He is the only member of the Crimson squad who has scored in three different ways. Chapin, with 18 points scored on three touchdowns, stands third, followed by Gehrke and Rouillard who each have 12 points to their credit scored by two touchdowns. Buell is next in order, having totalled nine points through one drop-kick and six goals from touchdowns...
...opening of the third quarter, the kicking duel was resumed, again to the Crimson's advantage. After a fair catch at mid-field Buell called for an on-side placement by Owen, but the kick fell short of its mark. Several moments later Chapin received a punt on Dartmouth's 36-yard line and a pass, Buell to Owen, netted 24 yard. The three following plays gained nine yards, and Owen was sent at the line to add the necessary distance. But the Green tackles stopped him short at the line of scrimmage, and Dartmouth, taking the ball on downs...
...kicked short to Mills who ran out to the 38-yard line. Then two advances by Leavitt netted a first down, but the following plays failed to advance the ball, the third quarter ending at this point. After the teams had changed goals, Mills called for a 48-yard placement by Neidlinger, and the latter sent off a perfect kick which dropped straight over the goal...