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Word: punted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bawdey-houses you wish, but do not build them on the campus ... Of course I know the usual answer; the cheering crowds, the gay sights, the strong virile hemen, idolizing the even stronger, more virile he-coach, the grand young future before the boy that makes the winning punt, admitted straightway to a prominent position as bond-chaser in Lee Higginson's well-known counting-house . . . They [the s. v. he-men] are fed warmed-over editorials by Doc. Crane about 'Jesus on the Bleachers' and 'Saint Paul on the Field of Battle,' and this may account for the fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Symposium | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

Yale scored in the first quarter on a forward pass from Ordway to Fishwick, which the Eli quarterback converted into a touchdown after a brilliant 40-yard dash. The Harvard touchdown came when Pratt, who was the shining light in the Crimson defense, blocked a punt, and Fordyce scooped the ball up and ran for a touchdown. Burns try for the extra point was blocked by Goodwin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN ELEVEN MISSES YALE VICTORY BY INCHES | 11/17/1924 | See Source »

Later in the scrimmage the University forwards rushed through the seconds and blocked a punt on the latter's six-yard line. On the fourth down Braden landed on top of a pile of players with the ball directly over the goal line, and scored the lone tally of the three-quarter hour scrimmage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNKER RETURNS TO FOOTBALL LINE-UP | 10/29/1924 | See Source »

...little joy of her guests from Lehigh. Large fellows, they kept their goal line inaccessible and would have crossed Princeton's had Right End Burke not stepped out of bounds on a longish run. The scoreless tie made it obvious that Princeton could neither drop-kick nor punt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

...expectations of a score were fulfilled shortly after the second after the second half started. Gillies caught a punt on the Rhode Islanders' 40-yard line and leaving a long string of straggling players behind, zigzagged through the entire team for a touchdown. Subsequently he scored the point after touchdown on a dropkick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUNS BY GILLIES AND PRATT WIN FOR SCRUBS | 10/18/1924 | See Source »

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