Word: punt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...carried the ball, and by end runs by Putnam and Knowles, the second eleven's 12 yard line was reached. Marshall was then called in and standing on the 20 yard line drop-kicked three goals out of four trials. Later on the first team was twice forced to punt and time was called just after the ball had been carried within a few yards of mid-field...
...forced to try for a field-goal against the wind. The opposing team, however, never succeeded in advancing more than a few yards beyond the centre of the field, and at no time was Harvard's goal endangered except once toward the end of the game when a punt was fumbled on the 25 yard line and recovered just in time to save the ball from being secured by a Brown end. Brown proved less strong than was expected on the defense, and allowed Harvard to gain freely during the greater part of the game; but when in dangerous situations...
...unsatisfactory feature of the game was the fact that it afforded no real test of Harvard's defense, because, owing to an advantage in the wind, the Brown team, whenever it had the ball, usually chose to punt without attempting to advance by rushes. The old fault of fumbling appeared again in exaggerated form, and often with serious results. There was seemingly an increased desire to help the runner, but this good quality lacked the merit of regularity,-as sometimes the man with the ball was thrown for a loss for want of careful or effective interference. Plays were also...
...order that the ball might be kept, it was taken back 16 yards to the middle of the field. There Kernan lost the ball on a fumble, but on the next play he tackled Barry for a 5-yard loss, and after a short gain, Brown was forced to punt. From Harvard's 37 yard line, by means of formation plays in which Graydon did most of the gaining, the ball was carried 15 yards past the centre of the field. Kernan then made his second long run to the 5 yard line where he was tackled from behind...
...secured for Harvard on the 33 yard line. Harvard then advanced straight down the field and, principally by means of fairly good end runs by Knowles, who replaced Kernan, arrived within a few inches of West Point's goal. The ball was lost on downs, however, but the punt from behind the goal was blocked and though there was a question, owing to interference by the spectators, as to whether a touchdown or a safety should be counted for Harvard, the latter score was finally agreed upon and the game ended a few minutes afterward...