Word: teaming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...organized team...
...Yale emerged the champion. It is interesting to note that in these games Yale's fullback, O. D. Thompson, defeated both Harvard and Princeton by a goal from the field, executed while running at full speed, a feat unseen in the 40 years since. It was on this early team that Walter Camp, football's great personality, played halfback for Yale...
Where before it had been in doubt as to which side would emerge with the ball after a play, this convention also arranged that if the team in possesison elected not to kick and did not fumble it might retain the ball indefinitely. Princeton early showed the fallacy of this rule by clinging to the ball through the entire game, thus forcing a draw. A later ruling brought with it the modern system of downs...
...Yale Team Begins to Learn Football...
...Second half-hour--Yale kicks off. Harvard runs back, but Yale now shows greater familiarity with the game and tackles strongly. The runner is stopped and the whole Yale team piles on him. When they are taken off the ball is found a flattened sheet of rubber at the bottom. It is blown up again and the game proceeds. Blanchard gets the ball and runs in for a touchdown. The goal is missed...