Word: score
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...score in the Technology game on Wednesday was 62 points to 0 in favor of Harvard, and not 58 to 0 as reported in yesterday's issue...
Foot-ball stock can be said to be neither buoyant nor depressed. A feeling of uncertainty exists quite unusual, and, for the most part, inexplicable. The method of estimating the relative merits of elevens by the comparative scores, has this year been unreliable from the fact that Yale in her inter-collegiate contests has played with teams materially weakened, and represented by a large number of substitutes. Besides, the fickleness of her play, as observed by able foot-ball critics, has been her distinguishing characteristic. In the game with Pennsylvania, Saturday, the score of which...
...game right through was a running game. For nearly twenty minutes Technology kept Harvard from scoring, the Tech. men having the ball in their possession fully half the time. Holden made the first touchdown from which Woodman kicked a goal. The ball came back to the Technology goal, and twice Harvard had the ball within the 15-yard line, but in each case three downs failed to carry the ball over the line, and it had to be taken back ten yards. The third attempt succeeded, and Porter made a touchdown. Another goal. Technology made a safety, and just before...
...made a touchdown. There was no goal kicked from this touchdown, as the ball by some mistake was kicked toward the side of the field instead of towards the goal-posts. This mishap, however, turned out favorably for the Glee Club as they got the ball and Merrill scored another touchdown from which no goal was kicked. The Pierian now started in to play, and the quarterback made some frantic efforts to run but without success. A timely kick carried the ball well down the field and it looked like a touchdown for the Pierians, but Carpenter kicked the ball...
...chief blemish on the complete happiness of the amateurs. This should not continue. Any man thus asked should consider it his duty to go out and aid his twenty-two fellow students in their efforts, however unavailing, to play good foot-ball, not only on the score of good nature, but also from the desire of having a respectable standard of play...