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...second half, Harvard took a brace, and a punting duel resulted between Grant and Minot, who had taken Cutler's place. The last three minutes of play furnished the sensation of the game. After the Freshmen had received the ball on a punt on their own ten-yard line, Minot made a long forward pass to Crowley, who carried the ball to Dean's 15-yard line. Another forward pass was tried, and Minot recovered the ball, on the four-yard line. On the next play Minot carried it over the line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1911, 6; DEAN ACADEMY, 0 | 11/11/1907 | See Source »

...line-up, which lasted ten minutes, Means kicked off to Nichols, who ran the ball to the twenty-yard line. The first team then fumbled the ball, but recovered it immediately. After Nichols' punt was caught by Pell on the thirty-yard line, the first team proved slow and ragged on the defensive. With Means, Nesmith, and Hanley carrying the ball, it was advanced by the second eleven to the ten-yard line, and held for downs. Brill and Parker were now taken out and their positions filled by Russell and Fraser, respectively. Nichols took the ball for a gain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAST FOOTBALL PRACTICE | 9/28/1904 | See Source »

...plays by the first eleven were enough to score the first touchdown. On the kick-off by Marshall, Ives fumbled, and the second eleven was forced to punt from behind the goal. The ball went almost straight upwards and was secured by the first team on the opponent's ten-yard line. A plunge through right tackle by Leatherbee put the ball within a few feet of the line and Graydon easily made a touchdown. The try for goal passed too far to the right. On the next kick-off Graydon ran the ball in to the thirty-five yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST IMPROVEMENT SHOWN. | 9/30/1902 | See Source »

...line where Ristine fell on it for the first touchdown less than a minute after the game begun. J. Lawrence kicked the goal. After the next kick-off Harvard by Daly's forty-five yard run, Sawin's twenty-yard plunge through a hold made by J. Lawrence and several short plunges by Ellis and Sawin, took the ball once to the ten-yard and again to the two-yard line, but lost it both times on off-side play. Finally Morley made a short punt from behind the line to the seven-yard line, and on the next play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA GAME A SURPRISE. | 10/15/1900 | See Source »

Kendall returned Morley's kick-off in the second half and the ball rolled to Columbia's ten-yard line. Harvard stopped two mass plays and got the ball on downs on the twelve-yard line. A ten-yard buck by Sawin and another short one by Ellis scored the touchdown. J. Lawrence kicked a difficult goal. Soon after the kick off Ellis made a well-placed punt from the middle of the field to Columbia's five-yard line. Columbia failed to gain twice and Harvard got the ball on the five yard line on Morley's poor punt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA GAME A SURPRISE. | 10/15/1900 | See Source »

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