Word: touchbacks
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...Yale got the ball. Three downs and the ball is kicked to Boyden who runs a little way and passes to Peabody for a kick. Peabody kicks over the line and the Yale back fumbles. Adams drops on the ball, but the referee gives it to Yale as a touchback. Yale gains fifteen yards and then kicks to Sears. Fletcher kicks and Harding gets the ball. Sears fumbles, Butler loses ground, and Boyden does not get started. Back ten yards. Boyden and Fletcher each make ten yards. Sears gains no ground, and Boyden stumbles, losing a little. Back ten yards...
...poor throw by Tufts put the ball into Phillips' possession, and he rushed it over the line. From the touchdown thus obtained, however, Bemis failed to score a goal. Within a short time Tufts made a touch in goal, and shortly afterwards was compelled to make a safety touchback. The next few minutes were signalized by neat passing between Bemis and Phillips, and then Kimball secured the ball and made a fine rush: he was thrown, however; receiving a terrific fall, which at first seemed as if it must disable him altogether, but he pluckily resumed his place after...
...centre it immediately went towards their goal. Bemis again rested the ball over the line and was tackled by Pratt and Bartlett who held him up so that he could not score a touchdown. The given time allowed was wasted in this struggle and the referee gave a touchback against the Techs. The last play made was a touchdown by Gilman from which Peabody scored his second goal and the third of the second half. The whole score was two goals from the field, three goals from touchdowns, three touchdowns, and one safety against the Techs. The play...
...inter-collegiate foot-ball convention held a few days ago in New York, the rules were materially altered. A very satisfactory scheme to prevent the "block game" was presented and adopted. Under the revised rules the basis of scoring is made on the safety touchback. Two of these equal a touchdown; a goal from the field counts five touchdowns, and a goal from a touchdown six. In case of a tie on other points, if one side makes two safeties more than the other they lose the game. Two warnings disqualfy instead of three, and tackling in "fair" invariably brings...