Word: punt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...further decided that the fullback can no longer put his men "on side" after a punt by running ahead of the ball. Holding will no longer cause the loss of the ball, but will be penalized by a loss of twenty yards...
...gained consistently through Annapolis' weaker line, and after a long series of short rushes, Bunker made one touchdown in the first half, and two in the second. West Point's other score was made in the first half by Hackett, who, with brilliant interference by Daly, ran back a punt through the entire Annapolis team. Annapolis scored twice: once on a safety, when Daly was downed behind his own line while trying to run back a try for a drop goal; once, on a 60 yard run by Strassburger, followed by Belknap's goal. On the Army team, Bunker played...
...made no long gains on continuous rushing. Harvard kicked 8 times for 298 yards; Yale, 4 times for 144 yards. The average kick by Harvard was therefore 37 1-4 yards: the average kick by Yale was 36 yards. On 4 chances, Harvard gained 19 yards in running back punts, an average gain of 4 3-4 yards. Yale ran back Harvard's 8 punts a distance of 102 yards, making an average gain of 12 3-4 yards. The longest distance gained in this half in returning a kick was that of 29 yards by Metcalf in returning Harvard...
Metcalf received Marshall's kick-off and ran it back 10 yards to the 18 yard line before he was stopped. Bowman dropped back as if to punt but the ball was passed to Hogan who, with the three centre men as interference, made 30 yards before he was stopped by Kernan and Marshall. Chadwick made a yard through right tackle but Yale was penalized for holding and the ball went to Harvard on Yale's 50 yard line. At this point the Harvard team showed better ground-gaining ability than at any other time in the game. The backs...
...second half, Graydon broke through and blocked a kick; he picked up the ball and ran about 20 yards for the fifth touchdown of the afternoon. The last score was made when another punt by the second team was blocked within 45 yards of the goal and after a few rushes the ball was forced across the line. The line-up of the two teams was as follows: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. Mills, l.e. r.e., Macdonald, Aydelotte Shea, l.t. r.t., Sawyer Barnard, l.g. l.g., Coburn Sugden, c. c., Carrick, Force, Lyon A. Marshall, r.g. l.g., Wilder Knowlton, r.t. l.t., Dodge...