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...ten-yard line when Cranston advanced it five yards and Sears carried it over the line. Time four minutes. Harding kicked the goal. Score 6-0. Technology forced the ball twenty yards into Harvard's territory, but lost it on a fumble. Rushes by Lee, Harding, Sears and Longstreth carried the ball close to the goal line, and Sears made the second touchdown. Time 10 minutes. No goal. Technology kicked from the centre of the field, and, Sears returning, Crosby had the ball down on the twenty-five-yard line. Lee and Cranston advanced the ball ten yards, and Sears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 68; Worcester Technology, 0. | 10/29/1888 | See Source »

...Schaick took Longstreth's place in the second half until Harding was disqualified, when he played in his stead and Longstreth returned to his place at left tackle. Harvard had the ball at the beginning of the second half and immediately forced it to Andover's ten-yard line, and Lee made a touchdown, from which Wadsworth kicked a goal. Time 1 minute. Cumnock got the ball from a kick and carried it to the thirty-yard line. Rushes by Sears and Wadsworth advanced the ball, and Sears carried it across the line. Five minutes. Goal by Wadsworth. The ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 68; Andover, 0. | 10/26/1888 | See Source »

...condition of the ground did not appear to hamper them much. Time was called at 3 18, Harvard having the ball and the Williams team playing with the wind in its favor. The ball was kept in the centre of the field when it was forced to Williams ten-yard line. A rush and a kick by Williams carried the ball into Harvard territory. Sears punted and Harvard got the ball on a fumble. Rushes by Sears, Wadsworth and Fitzhugh carried the ball to the line and Sears rushed it across making the first touchdown. Time, 20 minutes. Fitzhugh missed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 14; Williams, 6. | 10/25/1888 | See Source »

...ball across the line. The ball was punted out and fumbled, and Cranston had it down on the ten-yard line. Sears again carried it across the line and made the third touchdown for Harvard. Time 10 minutes. Fitzhugh tried for goal but missed, and Williams had the ball down on the three-yard line, when the Harvard rushers broke through and forced Williams to make a safety touchdown. This was the last point scored. Harvard had the ball on the ten-yard line when time was called. Final score: Harvard, 14; Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 14; Williams, 6. | 10/25/1888 | See Source »

...There is one exception-the goal from the field. It is often the case that the team reaches the opponents' ten-yard line, and is there stopped. Harvard did this several times this year. The pressed team is put on the defensive. Half-backs, quarter-back and sometimes full-back go up into the line. Four men are uncovered and prepared to get through or tackle. The team that has but ten yards to make suddenly finds it has not five yards in three "downs." Then is the time when kicking may win the game. Goals from the field, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 1/13/1888 | See Source »

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