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...game began with a punting duel between Morris of Groton and W. H. Churchill, which was continued until G. Owen, on a fake kick play, carried the ball to the enemy three-yard line. At the beginning of the second quarter V. Chapin took the ball over for a touchdown...
...Costigan '20 led of for the University and best Leathe of the B. A. A. to the first corner. He held this advantage throughout the four laps and handed over a three-yard lead to W. H. Goodwin '20. At the Start of the Second lap Mahoney of the B. A. A. went ahead by 15 yards but Goodwin spurted on the final stretch and the runners finished even. On the exchange of batons, the Crimson had the advantage, D. F. O'Connell '21 taking the first corner ahead of Paine. Paine went ahead before the lap was ended...
With this advantage, Yale played with renewed effort, and in the last period when Brown fumbled on Princeton's 20-yard line, Captain Black recovered the ball. A forward pass tossed by Neville to Legore brought the ball to the three-yard line, and Neville and La Roche went crashing into the line for two yards more. With the ball on the one-yard line Legore was sent through tackle. At first it looked as if the Princeton team had held, but when the players were pulled off, it was seen that Legore had the ball just across the line...
...Sweetser '17 started the second half at right tackle and W. J. Murray '18 took the place of Robinson. Shortly after the beginning of the period, a long 25-yard run by Casey brought the ball to Cornell's 25-yard line; a forward pass, Murray to Casey, advanced it to the three-yard line, from which point Horween went over in two plays. Murray kicked the goal. Thacher, who was playing a strong defensive game, intercepted two Cornell passes in this period, but no advantage could be made of either of these breaks...
...only one instance did the Lowell Textile eleven threaten the 1920 goal line. This was in the second period when Roberts intercepted a forward pass on his own 30-yard line and ran it to the Freshman three-yard mark. But there the 1920 team held, and threw the visitors for a one-yard loss on each rush. By the end of the game, the Lowell men were well played out and only attempted to make the score as low as possible...