Word: touchback
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...yard line. Here Newhall tried a drop kick, but Biglow broke through the line and after blocking the ball downed it on Yale's 44-yard line. Several exchanges of punts followed on one of which Veeder sent the ball over Harvard's goal line for a touchback. On Burr's kick-out Knox made the the most spectacular play of the game, running the ball back, aided by excellent interference, from his 45-yard line to the University team's 22-yard line--this run of 43 yards being the longest in the game. From this point Yale rushed...
...Jones on Yale's 35-yard line but Harvard was penalized for holding. Burr punted to Jones, on Yale's 38-yard line. Knox made five yards and added three more through Harvard's left guard. Veeder punted over Lincoln's head end Newhall downed the ball for a touchback...
Burr kicked off over the line for a touchback. Veeder-kicked out from the 20-yard line to Burr in the middle of the field, who ran it back 20 yards. Newhall made an onside kick on which Veeder downed the ball on Yale's 20-yard line. On a fake kick Roome failed to gain. t. Jones made a 22-yard run on a fake kick. Roome got the ball on a fumble and lost two yards, after which time was called for the first half. Score--Yale, 6; Harvard...
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...
...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...