Word: punt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which a goal was scored. Butler made a beautiful run through the crowd, but Harvard soon lost the ball. Higginson, however, by a plucky drop, secured it again. Perry and Bancroft then made two more touchdowns. One goal. Bancroft, after a hard run, crossed the line again, and a punt out to Porter gave another goal to Harvard. Rice secured the ball, and, with a clear field before him, made for the Harvard goal, but Holden overtook and downed him easily. Porter made the last play of the game by running half the length of the field and securing...
...second half opened with brilliant runs by Coates, Downs and Wright, who carried the ball well down into Harvard's territory. Harvard got the ball and passed it back to Peabody, who made a magnificent long punt. The return kick by Graham, was intercepted by Faulkner, and then Harvard regained the lost ground. Dudley was disqualified by the referee for tripping and his place was taken by Fletcher. Remington soon succeeded in picking up the ball, and made a fine rush, securing a touchdown for Harvard. A goal was kicked. Fletcher was hurt in a scrimmage and his place...
...dribbles to Beecher, who gains ten yards before being tackled. He loses the ball, however, and Ames regains the ten yards lost. A wild pass to Savage gives Yale fifteen yards, and ineffectual tries by Price and Ames force Princeton to her ten-yard line. Savage makes a magnificent punt to Yale's forty-yard line. Watkinson kicks, Ames returns the kick and Cook falls on the ball. Cowan takes the ball, five yards and Ames carries it to Yale's five yard line. This was Princeton's best chance to score, but she lost it because Ames and Price...
...field, and Holden, by two rushes, gains twenty yards. Remington gains no ground. Dudley fumbles but drops on the ball. Porter gains no ground and the ball goes to Yale on four downs. Harding stops the first rush. Adams tackles Morrison. Holden makes a fair catch from Watkinson's punt and runs five yards. Butler is thrown, and the ball goes back ten yards. Wood gains ten yards; Remington nothing. Porter is tackled and passes to Peabody for a kick. Watkinson muffs the ball, but it is Yale's down. Gill gets through to Peabody. Dudley throws Beecher, and Holden...
...Burgess after being forced back ten yards, and Porter sends it well up the field, where it goes down at Princeton's 35-yard line. Here, Fletcher and Butler collide and the former bruises his eye; Dudley takes his place. Princeton loses the ball, and Sears, by a magnificent punt sends it to Princeton's 25-yard line, where Remington tackles Savage before he can return it. This advantage is of but momentary duration, for runs by Ames, Price and Cowan bring the ball back further into Harvard's territory, Savage here made a good try for a field-goal...