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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...twenty-five-yard line. Newell, Wadsworth and Harding forced the ball to the four-yard line when it went to Yale on a foul. Yale by rushing and punting forced Harvard back to the forty-yard line where Allen was hurt and Baker took his place. From here Lee by the "crises-cross" trick carried the ball to the four-yard line and Cranston rushed it over the goal-line in thirty-three minutes. No goal. Score, Harvard 8, Yale 0. Yale forced the ball ten yards from the twenty-five-yard line and then punted. Wadsworth having a fair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD FRESHMEN WIN!. | 12/3/1888 | See Source »

...Harding gained ten yards. Lee, Dennison and Wadsworth carried the ball to the eight-yard line where it went to Yale on four downs. Yale kicked and Dennison getting the ball by a good run carried it to the five-yard line and Newell made a touchdown five minutes after play was called. No goal. At this point Crosby took McClung's place. Newell stopped Hefflefinger's rush from the twenty-five-yard line and Yale kicked. Lee caught the ball on the thirty-yard line and rushes by Newell and Lee gained fifteen yards. Here Newell was hurt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD FRESHMEN WIN!. | 12/3/1888 | See Source »

...yard line. Harding carried it to the eight-yard line, and Lee made a touchdown three minutes after play was called. The goal was not allowed because G. Harding's body was outside the fair line when he placed the ball for the kick. The referee gave the ball to Harvard on the twenty-yard line, from which place the ball had been kicked. Wesleyan, getting the ball on four downs, punted. Sears returned, and G. Harding dropped on the ball on the thirty-five-yard line. Sears kicked, and Wesleyan returning, Sears carried it to the twenty-five yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 50; Wesleyan, 2. | 11/12/1888 | See Source »

...thirty seconds later Harding, by a good rush, scored a touchdown. Sears kicked the goal. 60-0. Amherst kicked from the middle of the field, and Harvard had the ball down on its thirty-five-yard line. Rushes by Porter, Lee and Cranston carried it to Amherst's three-yard line. Carpenter made a touchdown. Time, 3 minutes. Goal. Cranston getting the ball from a fumble, had it down in the middle of the field. Harding passed well to Porter who, by a good rush, scored the thirteenth touchdown for Harvard, six minutes after play was called. Sears kicked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 102, Amherst O. | 11/5/1888 | See Source »

...favor of Williams for off-side play by Harvard. Harvard finally got the ball on the Williams fifteen-yard line, and rushes by Sears carried the 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...

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

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