Word: punt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attempted to use his 190 pounds against the Princeton rush line. Numbers conquered, however, and it was only by short and unimportant runs that Yale at last put the ball within Princeton's 25-yard line. Here it stayed without any important change of position until a long punt by B. Hodge and a fumble by Beecher resulted in a Princeton man touching the Yale goal line with his feet as he lay upon the ground embracing the ball. For 15 minutes the contest waxed warm at this point, but Yale stood firm and played in such steady form that...
...Bemis handsomely tackled Terry, who tried to run with it. This good work took the ball into Yale ground, but Harvard was soon put on the defence again, where Finney did some good tackling, and our rushers stopped some of the Yale attempts to pass. Next an unfortunate high punt by Peabody was caught by Bayne, only a few yards in front of the posts. From this fair catch Richards tried to kick a goal, but failed. Then Finney had another chance to down Terry, who tried a rush. The next attempt to score was made by Richards, who caught...
...opened well for our side, Bemis scoring a touchdown after a good rush, from which he kicked a goal. After this play the Tufts eleven rushed the ball down to dangerous proximity to our goal. But it was soon returned by a fine rush by Brooks and a long punt by Kimball. Our men had the ball down on the 5-yard line directly in front of their opponents' goal, when it was unluckily passed ahead and thus feel into the hands of Tufts. Bemis soon afterwards secured it, and made a very close try for a goal from...
...earn to score and in all future practice and all games hereafter particular attention ought to be given by the university eleven to this most important feature of the game. Loosing the ball after it has been carried close up to the opposite goal line, or making a careless punt out or kick for goal are altogether too common with our men and are the reasons why we so often fail to make a decent score when playing much the better game...
...punting thus far has not been very good. Now there are two kinds of perfectly successful punts-the very long, high punt that sails so as to be easily misjudged and muffed, and the low, swift punt just over the "rusher's" heads, and placed between the backs, striking the ground so soon as to make it impossible to get a free catch. The last is the best, by far ; it changes the whole game. No one but Moffat of last year's Princeton team has used it much, but we hope our backs will try to learn...