Word: touchback
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Stuart downed the ball on the kick-off for a touchback. Gilder ran back the kick-out from his own 50-yard line to Dartmouth's 49-yard line. Then, after two substantial gains by Gilder and Lincoln, Dartmouth secured the ball on a forward pass on their 31-yard line. After one play Harvard was penalized five yards for offside play. Dartmouth carried the ball to the 51-yard line in five line bucks and a forward pass to DeAngelis. Here Wendell secured the ball on a forward pass. Lincoln made five yards on an onside kick on which...
Harvard made the first touchdown at the very beginning of the game, having won a free kick from a touchback and regained the ball on a fumble at the middle of the field. Gilbert carried the ball over after a run to the 10-yard line and two rushes. Brown kicked the goal. During the rest of the half an open game was played, and the ball remained chiefly in Cushing's territory...
Although neither eleven scored in the first half the 30 minutes of play was intensely interesting due to Carlisle's two attempts for goals from the field and to Mount Pleasant's punts, one of which went over Harvard's goal line for a touchback. Newhall caught Mount Pleasant's kick off on the 20-yard line and ran back 13 yards. Lockwood lost eight yards in the first rush, and Burr punted, the ball going out of bounds near the middle of the field. After two short rushes Mount Pleasant returned the punt to Starr, who was downed...
...exchange of punts gave Carlisle the ball on the 46-yard line, and Mount Pleasant again punted, the ball going over Newball's head in the backfield. Captain Exendine nearly secured the ball in the scramble which followed, but Newhall finally downed it for a touchback. Two attempts were made to rush the ball after the kick-out, after which, with the ball on the 37-yard line, Libby tried a drop kick which fell short, but the ball rolled over the line for a touchback. Burr punted out, and Carlisle at once lost the ball on an onside kick...
...posts, from which place Burr kicked an easy goal. A few seconds before the end of the game Macdonald of Brown tried a third goal from placement from Harvard's 27-yard line, but the ball went wide of the goal posts and was downed by Newhall for a touchback just as time was called...