Word: punt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Golden Bears of California galloped and lunged up and down a field as green as the Irish flag- but what else could they do? Once, after blocking a Stanford punt, Captain Griffin scored a touchdown, but "Father" Warner's Stanford stunners came on, two by two. In the first period the Stanford regulars scored two touchdowns, in the second period, two, in the last period the substitutes crossed the line twice more so that their team, unbeaten still, won their last game and the West Coast championship, 41 to 6. Richards of Yale jumped through the Harvard line...
...that shot like lances through the gathering dusk, it was the good right foot of Wadsworth, substitute back, which offset the wonder pass from Chauncey to Saltonstall that sent Harvard momentarily into the lead and the Crimson stands into a riot of joy. Previously, it had been a mighty punt by Noble that put the Bulldog on the way to its first score, and in the closing minutes Captain Bunnell tore away the last shred of Crimson hopes with his great 40-yard field goal...
Rushing the Elis off their feet from the opening whistle, Captain Coady's men had the Blue cohorts deep in their own territory in the middle of the first period. Noble fell back to his own 10-yard line and booted a soaring punt that bounded past Stafford and rolled to the Crimson 10-yard mark. This kick changed the complexion of the game in an instant. Harvard now had its back to the wall, and a moment later Captain Coady tried to kick from his 25-yard streak. The Crimson line buckled; Richards, Yale tackle, took the ascending pigskin...
...deepening darkness Captain Bunnell caught a punt on Yale's 30-yard line and fore down the field. A Crimson tackler almost upset him, but he dodged, and dodged again, and reached the Harvard 29-yard line before Chauncey downed him. Losing ground on the next play, the Blue quarterback fell back to the 41-yard mark, and arched a beautiful drop-kick for the final score. This was superfluous, but the field goal sharpshooter all powerful in the days of Brickley and of plan man, had outdone the best efforts...
Near the close of the quarter Captain Wetmore caught a punt on the Yale 40-yard line, fell in behind perfect interference, and sprinted the 40 yards for his team's third tally...