Word: tenyard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Pratt and Wallace launched themselves like pile-drivers at Ames. Princeton had the ball down in the middle of the field, and after Ames had made five yards by running around Pratt, Cowan gained nothing and Price lost. Ames kicked and Bull had a down on Yale's tenyard line. Yale kicked back, but Princeton kept the ball in Yale's territory for several minutes. However, on a bad fumble by Princeton and skillful rushing by Yale, the ball was forced into Princeton's territory to stay. The ball changed hands several times. Ames made several very pretty runs...
...down close to '87's goal. The seniors tried to force the ball over the line by means of first one and then another of the rush line, but to no purpose, for the '87 rush line effectually quenched such attempts. After '86 had three downs, all within the tenyard line, without accomplishing anything, the ball was passed back to Fiske, who kicked a goal from the field. From the kick-off at the middle of the field, the ball went down towards '87's line again. '86 was not able to score again, and time was called with...
...ball with '87. For some few minutes after the kick off the playing was very loose on both sides; the bail was muffed badly, and the kicking was wretched. The sophomores soon settled down to work, and repeated rushes by Holden and Porter forced the ball to '87's tenyard line. Play was now fierce on both sides. '88 had the ball and passed it to the half-backs. Holden made four or five short but plucky rushes. Some times a dozen men would be piled up on top of him. Finally Porter secured the ball, and by a determined...
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