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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Starting right off in the first quarter, the Deacons carried the ball 70 yards down the field on a powerful sustained march, the first time they got hold of it. Sam Cantwell scored and the extra point was made on one of the Kirkland specialties: a fake placement, with an end run, finally ending with a pass deep into the end zone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

Berkeley bounced back, driving 50 yards to a first down on the two. There the Deacons held for two downs, finally breaking on a short end run which only barely reached the goal stripe. They blocked the extra point try, and the half-time score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...second half began, it looked as if this were to be the final score, but suddenly Kirkland, apparently marooned in midfield on fourth down, broke loose on a 50 yard pass from Willie Thompson to Bob Snow who scored. This time the extra point came on a fake kick buck lateral around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...second half was more even. Jonathan Edwards scored once more, but just before the final whistle, three long passes, the last by the durable Wilder to Pugh, gave Eliot its second score. The point was kicked by Rossiter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...when they downed one of their own punts after a Winthrop back had accidentally touched it. From the Winthrop 15, Davenport moved to the one on two plays, and from there Dick Moses bulled his way over. Bud Krch dropped back from his guard post to kick the extra point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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