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...brought the ball twice to Andover's five-yard line, where A. R. Sargent was pushed over the line for two touchdowns. Brown kicked both goals, one of them being very difficult. In the second half, Bull made a long run from the middle of the field to the ten-yard line from which Wadsworth carried the ball over for a touchdown. Brown kicked his third goal. Burdick broke through the line onto a clear field but was tackled from behind by Maguire before he could make a touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Eleven Wins. | 11/4/1897 | See Source »

...wire fence prevented his standing the needed distance behind the line, otherwise the kick would have been successful. Harvard was stronger on the defensive than on the offensive, securing the ball five times on downs; while Cornell secured it only once on downs. This was on her own ten-yard line. Harvard also outclassed her opponents in kicking as well as team work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 13; CORNELL, 4. | 10/26/1896 | See Source »

...Warren caught the ball and made five yards before being tackled. Cabot then kicked to the middle of the field and Raymond made ten yards for Wesleyan before being downed. Wesleyan then made an attempt at bucking the line, but this proved futile and Raymond was forced to kick. With the ball on Harvard's 35-yard line, Cabot punted to Wesleyan's 20-yard line. Here Wesleyan fumbled and a Harvard man dropped on it. Then by a series of rushes between tackles and ends Harvard carried the ball to Wesleyan's ten-yard line. Here Warren fumbled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 28; WESLEYAN, 0. | 10/15/1896 | See Source »

...Harvard's possession. Brown kicked to Dibble and the latter was downed on the twenty-yard line after rushing about five yards. The ball soon went to Harvard, however, on a fumble by Fiter. Wrightington made the first gain for Harvard, but on the next play Cochrane fumbled and the ball again went to Williams. Soon after this Williams again lost the ball on her thirty-yard line. By successive rushes through the tackles and guards the ball was carried to Williams' ten-yard line. Then Williams made a rally, but on the second down Sullivan was pushed across...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FIRST GAME. | 10/5/1896 | See Source »

...play was sharp and strong and her team work excellent. Andover was completely at her mercy. But careless and inexcusable fumbling counteracted all this display of strength. Three times in the first twenty five minutes, Exeter had the ball within Andover's five-yard line, and twice at her ten-yard line, but all five times she lost the ball either by fumbling or off-side play. Finally Arnold succeeded in carrying the leather across the line and the score stood 4 to 0 in Exeter's favor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 11/16/1891 | See Source »

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