Word: touchback
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rolled over the goal line, for what seemed to be a touchdown, he fumbled, Corbett falling on the ball for a safety thus giving Yale two points. There was considerable disputing about this play but Edwards and Langford finally decided that it was a safety and not a touchback...
Harvard came near scoring at the very start of the game, when after an exchange of kicks Corbett carried the ball to the 9-yard line. Two line plunges netted only four yards, and Cutler tried a forward pass which went to Dartmouth for a touchback. Dartmouth's only chance to score came at the end of the same half. An onside kick from Harvard's 46-yard line was recovered on the 24-yard line. Sherwin went back to try a drop kick but the ball fell short, and Browne ran it back to the 28-yard line...
...kick-off the, University team stared off with a rush, and carried the ball to their opponents' 5-yard line, where it was lost. Sherwin punted out from the 20-yard line. A little later Kennard kicked from Harvard's 50-yard line, over Pishon's head for a touchback. Sherwin kicked out again, and after two successful onside kicks, Dartmouth had the ball on Harvard's 24-yard line, where Sherwin's drop kick failed. In the second half the play was almost entirely in the centre of the field, until the last few minutes, when Harvard started from...
...fumbled, Crowley recovering the ball for Harvard on the 28-yard line. Corbett went through right tackle to the 9-yard line. Corbett and White only netted four yards, and Cutler tried a forward pass which Fish failed to reach. The ball bounded over the goal line for a touchback. Sherwin punted out from the 20-yard line to Kennard, who was downed on Dartmouth's 45-yard line. Corbett made five yards at right tackle, Browne failed to gain, and Corbett failed to make first down, the ball going to Dartmouth's. Hawley was twice thrown for loss...
...kick-off rolled over the goal line to Corbett for a touchback. Cutler punted out to Thorpe on the 45-yard line. The first play netted eight yards, and Payne made first down at right tackle. A double pass finally went forward to Wauseuka for eleven yards' gain. Thorpe reached the 5-yard line on the next play, but a forward pass went wrong, putting the ball on the 25-yard line. Another attempted forward pass went into Browne's hands. A penalty put Harvard on the 1-yard line, and Cutler punted to Thorpe, who was thrown by Crowley...