Word: touchbacks
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Burr kicked off to Willis, who ran back from the 5 to the 25-yard line. The team failed to gain and Cobbs punted. Hall downing the ball on his 40-yard line. An exchange of punts followed, Hall allowing the ball to go over his head for a touchback. Burr kicked out to Crosby, who was stopped on the 40-yard line. The Amherst team again failed to gain and punted, Hall running back to his 38-yard line, where he lost the ball. On the next play Harvard was put back five yards for being offside. Crosby made...
...next play Clay fumbled, recovering the ball himself. Waters punted to Kennard who fumbled the ball on the University team's 50-yard line. Newhall getting the ball. Foster rushed the ball seven yards and then punted 50 yards, Kennard downing the ball over the line for a touchback. Waters kicked out to Newhall, and after a few gains a quarterback kick was tried, the ball going outside on the 31-yard line. After the next three plays William got the ball on downs. Waters then punted to Newhall who made a fair catch on the 40-yard line...
...touchback when a player on defense permits a ball, kicked by an opponent, to strike his person and then roll across the goal line, and any player of his side then falls on it back of the line. If, however, such player juggles the ball so that he in any way forces it over the line and he or any player of his side then falls on it, it is a safety...
...player of the kicking side shall be onside as soon as the ball touches the ground. In case a kicked ball goes over the goal line on the fly or after striking the ground before being touched by a player of either side, the referee shall declare a touchback. Exceptions.-(1) A place kick or drop kick passing over the cross-bar shall score as heretofore. (2) A player may run in a kick-off that crosses the goal line if he so desires. In case a kicked ball strikes the ground in the field of play, thus putting...
...forward pass by the side which does not put the ball in play in a scrimmage shall also be unlawful. (5) A forward pass which goes over the goal line on the fly or bound without touching a player of either side shall be a touchback for the defenders of the goal...