Word: touchbacks
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...advantage to the team which is on the defensive. To remedy this condition the following changes have been suggested: To increase the number of downs by one or decrease the distance to be gained in three downs from 10 to 7 yards; to lessen the advantages of a touchback to the defending side; to remove the 20-yard restriction on the forward pass, allowing the passer to throw the ball any distance. Other suggestions to be taken up by the committee are to make possible the identity of players on the field by having numbers sewed on the backs...
During the first intermission there was but one cheer; there were none at all just after Carlisle's second score or after the touchback. These were occasions of adversity when the team most needed the loud and hearty support of the stands. Why didn't we give it to them? More than once Captain Fisher has told us that cheering really does make a difference to the players -- especially when they are not veterans and when they are not winning. Surely he must know...
...defining a touchback, the committee decreed that a forward pass going over the goal line or striking the upright or cross bar, or a kicked ball struck by an offside player within the 10-yard line, is a touchdown in addition to the other specifications under section 8 of rule 4. It was also decided that the ball should not be declared dead if it strikes an official accidentally and play continues...
...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...
...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...