Word: punt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John Carey made the most spectacular play of the day when he broke through to block a Princeton punt and then fall on the ball in the end zone...
...enabling 47 nice to win varsity H's.WINGBACK HAL MOFFIE, who raced 80 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage Saturday against Yale. It was the third long touchdown run the Moff has turned in this fall. He ran 89 yards against Holy Cross on a punt return, and galloped 76 yards for the Crimson's lone score against Princeton in Palmer Stadium...
Harvard Yale First downs 16 16 Yards gained, rushing 375 164 Forward passes 6 21 Forwards completed 3 12 Yards gained, forwards 63 97 Yards penalized 35 38 Punt average...
...fake punt and run play, Eliot's Jim Rossiter ripped 30 yards off the flank. Troop Wilder gained 13 more off tackle and then tossed to Roger Pugh in the end zone for a score. The visitors scored again just before the half ended on a run around right...
...went on that way for 57 and a half minutes; Harvard trying too hard, never busting the Yale line, the game swaying back and forth with no scoring. Then, with two minutes to go, Yale took over on a punt at midfield, and worked down quickly. Booth stopped back and kicked a field goal, and with that kick cracked his personal jinx and ruined the record of a great Harvard team...