Word: tandem
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Brides broke through between left tackle and guard for a 30-yard gain. Bomar followed with five yards; and on a tandem play Brides gained nine yards more. Peirce stopped Bomar for no gain, and Coy gained two yards through tackle. Alcott recovered Coy's onside kick on Harvard's 24-yard line, and it looked as if Yale was off for a touchdown. But Coy and Bomar gained only four yards in two plays, and Bomar dropped back for a goal from placement. The ball went wide and Burr punted...
...University team's defensive work was given the most attention by the coaches, and in order to give them particular drill in this, the second was several times given the ball near the University's goal. The latter held well and the second, usually using their tandem formation, could not gain through the line. After each forward pass or onside kick the ball was brought back to its former position and given to the second again...
...rushed the ball down to the second's 1-yard line, where they lost it on a fumble. The second punted and Moore downed Newhall in his tracks. By means of line plays, the first rushed the ball back to the second's goal line, Wendell scoring on a tandem play through right tackle...
Hauser's kickoff was run back 20-yards by Lockwood. Rand lost four yards on a tandem play, and Burr punted, Bird downing Mt. Pleasant in his tracks. Carlisle punted to Newhall, who was tackled on Harvard's 40-yard line when time was called...
After the punt-out to the first team, Rand, on a tandem through left tackle, gained 20 yards on one play and five on the next. Newhall then threw a for- ward pass to Fish on the 5-yard line. A tandem was thrown back for a loss, and Newhall tried a pass to Wendell on the 4-yard line. A left-tackle plunge failed to gain, and on the subsequent forward pass, Davis fell on the ball behind the line for the second touchback, when time was called...