Word: touchbacks
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...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...
...paragraph of section 8, rule 6, it was decided that a touchdown could be made on a free kick from placement following a fair catch, if the kicking side should obtain the ball. Any kind of kick going behind the goal-line before being touched must be counted a touchback...
Burr kicked off to Higgins, who fumbled, and Maine lost the ball Burr's forward pass went over the goal line for a touchback, and on the punt-out from the 25-yard line, Waterbury caught the ball and ran to Harvard's 40-yard line. Another forward pass was tried, but Harvard was penalized for off-side play. Newhall made an on-side kick to A. Cook, who passed forward to Vickery, but Maine was penalized and Higgins punted to Newhall on Maine's 25-yard line. After two forward passes, in which the ball changed hands...