Word: team
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Montreal papers justly speak of Bacon as "the sagacious captain of the Harvard team," and of Winsor as "the Prince of drop-kicks...
...Freshman Football Team play the Phillips Academy at Andover to-morrow...
...football team to play Yale will be chosen from the following: G. F. Morse, '81; Manning, '82; Cushing, L. S.: Brooks, L. S.; Warren, '82; Cushing, M. S.; Tebbets, '80; Houston, L. S.; Thacher, '82; Nickerson, '80; Winsor, '80; Austin, L. S.; Holden, '81; Bacon (Capt.) '80; Cabot, '83; Shattuck, L. S.; Leatherbee...
Comparing the playing of the two teams, I think I can truly say that Harvard excelled in offensive playing, while the Unions were far superior to us in defensive playing. The throwing of the Union team was superb; indeed, after our men had got the ball nearly up to the Union goal by hard running and splendid passing, one of the Union team would, by a gentle toss, send it spinning to the other end of the field, thus spoiling all advantages gained by a hard, fatiguing...
...conclusion, it seems to the writer that our team is nearly perfect in running and passing, but that in throwing and united support of one another it is rather deficient. I hope no one will think these criticisms are given in a hostile spirit, for the writer can scarcely praise too much the improvement which has been made in the general play of the team this fall...