Word: touchback
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...line plays, Cutler tried a forward pass to Cutting which failed, and the second team got the ball again. The second tried a fake kick but failed to gain and a bad pass from Perkins rolled over the goal line where R. Page fell on it for a touchback. The line-up for the scrimmage follows: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. R. Brown, l.e. r.e., Cooper Withington, l.t. r.t., Coburn Burr, West, l.g. r.g., Blodgett Nourse, Hadden, c. c., Perkins Hoar, Dunlap, r.g. l.g., Blaine Fish, Forchheimer, r.t. l.t., Oveson Harding, Cutting, r.e. l.e., Garrett Cutler, q.b. q.b., Johnson Smith, White...
...committee also adopted a rule that in case a forward pass or a kicked ball, other than a try at goal, strikes the uprights or cross-bar, the ball shall be considered as having crossed the goal, and the play shall constitute a touchback. If the ball accidentally strikes an official, the play shall be played over...
...yard line. Here the second held an punted to Newhall who rushed the ball back 25 yards. Wendell again worked an onside kick to Houston on the 20-yard line. Newhall tried a forward pass, which failed, the ball going behind the second's line for a touchback...
...yard line. A tandem was thrown back for a loss, and Newhall tried a pass to Wendell on the 4-yard line. A left-tackle plunge failed to gain, and on the subsequent forward pass, Davis fell on the ball behind the line for the second touchback, when time was called...
When the second half opened, Gilbert had been substituted for Butt, M. C. Peirce for Forster, and Grant for Nourse. Springfield kicked off to Rand who juggled the ball, Starr falling on it behind the goal line for a touchback. Burr punted to Honhart, who passed forward, Starr getting the ball. After a failure to gain, Burr fell back to punt, but the kick was blocked. He recovered the ball on the 5-yard line and tried another kick which was also blocked, Colton failing on the ball behind the line. Honhart failed to kick the goal...