Word: touchdowns
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ground at nearly every rush. The game began at three o'clock, with the ball in possession of Harvard. The rushers formed a wedge and immediately forced the ball up to the Latin School's ten yard line. On the third down, Brooks ran across and scored the first touchdown. No goal. Five minutes later the ball was the Latin School's on Harvard's fifteen-yard line. Then Kendricken made a good rush around the end and scored. Goal by Anthony. Good rushes by Heard, Brooks and Travis took the ball well up the field again. Brooks made...
...teams lined up sharply at 2.30 p. m. The weather was perfect and about five thousand persons witnessed the game. From the start Princeton began to force the ball down to Harvard's goal, and in thirteen minutes Cook made the first touchdown. No goal. Score 4 to 0 in Princeton's favor. After being put in play again Harvard gainen some ground by rushes by Porer and Sears, but a wild pass by Harding gave the ball to Ames of Princeton who punted. The play here began on both sides to be rough. The Princeton rush line were again...
...closely contested game was played on the Cambridge Common yesterday afternoon between the Cambridge High School and the freshman eleven. Cambridge had the strongest team in the field while the freshmen were obliged to play two substitutes. The only point of the first half was a touchdown for '92 by Wrenn. No goal. During this half the ball was kept in Harvard's territory most of the time and Cambridge did better team work than Harvard...
...second half, Cambridge started off with the ball and by a series of vigorous rushes brought it to Harvard's line. Burns soon made a touchdown. No goal. For the rest of the half Harvard kept the ball well up into Cambridge territory and a moment before time was called, Brooks made a good sport across the line and scored a touchdown. Goal by Forbes. Brooks, Forbes and Draper all rushed well for Harvard and Newell did the best work in the rush-line. Corbitt's rushes for Cambridge were a feature of the game. Following were the teams...
...championship game between Princeton and Pennsylvania was forfeited by Pennsylvania. It was raining hard and Pennsylvania wished to postpone the game. After a delay of an hour play was begun, and Ames immediately made a touchdown for Princeton. Hulme of Pennsylvania then complained that he had been injured and wished a substitute to take his place. Princeton objected and Pennsylvania withdrew from the field, thus forfeiting the game. Referee. Luther Price, sustained Princeton. and awarded the game...