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...which brought him to the Tuft's five yard line. Three minutes after the kick off Wood crossed the line and secured the first touchdown for Harvard. Harding failed to kick a goal. Tufts kicked the ball to Porter who carried it twenty-five yards, and Wood made another touch-down, time two minutes; no goal, Perry then made a rush and Porter carried the ball over the adversaries' line, from which Harding kicked a goal. Raymond made a plucky run, but four downs without an advance of five yards gave the ball to Harvard. Holden then secured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT-BALL. | 10/6/1887 | See Source »

...resulted in a safety touch-back for the CRIMSON. As the minutes passed the game seemed already decided for every effort of the Bacterias to score proved futile. But just before the time expired a curious line of fortuitous circumstances aided by a magnificent rush gave the Bacterias a touch-down. With but three seconds left the ball was placed and a goal kicked tieing the score. So scant was the time that one enthusiast declares that the ball still in the air had not yet reached the goal posts before the contest was ended. The support of the teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Retains the Chamship. | 12/2/1886 | See Source »

...beautiful low kick which Sears only gets twenty yards from our line. In a few moments Yale gets the ball again, and just how it is done no one seems to know, but there is a very pretty rush of twenty-five yards made and Yale has a touch-down to her credit. No goal. Good runs by Perry and others carry the ball well down the field but it is so dark, that playing is practically impossible and the spectators can see nothing of the game. At length time is called with the ball on Yale's twenty-five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Record Broken! | 11/29/1886 | See Source »

...ball 40 yards. Then, on lining up, Holden took the ball around by phenomenal running and dodging, and secured the second touchdown for Harvard. No goal. Harvard soon got the ball inside of the 25-yard line, and Sears passed through the Pennsylvania men with ease, scoring the third touch-down for Harvard. Again no goal. Pennsylvania, then, by several well placed kicks, gained considerable ground. Wright made a good run, but Harvard got the ball again. Very pretty work was done in the rush line. Wood, dropping from the line, carried the ball around the end and 30 yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 11/27/1886 | See Source »

...first half two touch-downs were made by Holden, but no goal was kicked in either case. A brilliant rush by Sears resulted in a third touch-down. Holden secured another touch-down before time was called, score 18 to 0. In the second half Remington secured a touch-down. Final score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard-Pennsylvania Game Gives Harvard her Second Victory. 28 to 0. | 11/26/1886 | See Source »

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