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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following are the results of the other foot ball games played on Saturday: Yale defeated Columbia, at the Berkeley Oval in New York by a score of 62 to nothing; Princeton beat the University of Pennsylvana at Philadelphia in the first championship game by an overwhelming score of 72 to 4. Technology beat Amherst in a championship game at Amherst by the close score of 10 to 9. The game was protested by Amherst. The Phillips Andover academy team defeated the Yale freshmen 14 to nothing. Cornell and Lehigh were scheduled to play a game at Bethlehem, but when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

...Play began at 2.47 o'clock, Harvard having the ball and the east goal. Harding rushed, and aided by good blocking and clever dodging on his own part, carried the ball twenty yards; short rushes by Goldthwaite, Lee, Blanchard, and Harding again, carried the ball well down towards Wesleyan's goal line, but here Harvard lost the ball for holding in the line. Lee secured the ball on Hall's punt, and again it was forced down the field only to be lost again for the same offence. At this point Harding was injured, and Dennison took his place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 64; Wesleyan, 0. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

...clever rush had the ball down within three yards of the line, but the referee decided that Harvard had forfeited the ball for interference at the fifteen yard line. The ball was soon secured again, and forced close to Wesleyan's line, but lost for off-side play. Saxe stopped Hall's punt, and Dean and Cumnock dropped on the ball. Lee found the hole made for him by Cumnock, and scored at 3.42. Saxe kicked the goal. Score 26-0. At this point the eleven braced wonderfully, and during the rest of the game completely outplayed their opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 64; Wesleyan, 0. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

...ball on the freshman's twenty five yard line. Howland rushed finely and Ritchie was pushed across the line getting a touchdown. Word kicked a difficult goal. Score, Harvard 10, Exeter 6. Kendricken made a good gain for '93 when the ball was put in play and Johnson punted well. Stothers returned the ball, and Parker made a good rush. Fairchild found a hole in the rush line, and a quick rush planted the ball behind Exeter's line. Time 20 minutes Johnson kicked a goal. Score, 16-6. After the ball was put in play Johnson made some good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard '93, 16; Exeter, 10. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

...candidates for the freshman eleven will be on the Divinity field at 3.30 sharp, the following men will be ready to play Cambridge at 4 o'clock: Davis, Slade, Brice, Dunn, Parker, Chew, Miller, Kendriken, Fairchild, Bisbee, Collamore, Post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

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