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Word: touchdowns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Wesleyan got the ball on a fumble and kicked. Harvard's down. Rushes by Trafford, Porter and Sears and a kick by Sears brought the ball to Wesleyan's five-yard line. The ball was dribbled to McDonald, who fumbled, and Davis dropping on the ball scored the first touchdown. Time, 6 minutes. Fitzhugh tried for goal, but missed. Wesleyan kicked from the twenty-five-yard line and Sears returned. Wesleyan's down on the fifteen-yard line. Davis got the ball from a bad pass, and Porter and Sears rushing gained ten yards. Sears tried a goal from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0. | 10/22/1888 | See Source »

...Dean, Porter and Fitzhugh advanced the ball twenty-three yards, when it went to Wesleyan on a fumble the Wesleyan back muffed a pass, and Harvard getting the ball, Sears punted to the fifteen-yard line. Trafford stopped the return kick and dropped on the ball, making the sixth touchdown for Harvard. Fitzhugh kicked a goal. No points were made; but Wesleyan nearly scored against Harvard, when a hard punt of Sears was stopped and the ball rolled nearly to Harvard's line, where Wesleyan dropped on it. The Harvard rushers by hard work got the ball, and the stong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0. | 10/22/1888 | See Source »

...Harvard having the kick-off. Brooks gained fifteen yards on a rush but the ball was soon lost on four downs. Harvard gained possession of it again near her twenty-yard line, but a fumble by Baker allowed Crosby to get it and he easily made the first touchdown. Time, seven minutes-no goal. The ball was lost on four touchdowns on the twenty-five-yard line, and a few moments later Lake made Technology's second touchdown. Goal. Time 14 minutes. For the rest of the half, the ball was kept near the middle of the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worcester Technology, 22, Harvard Freshmen, 0. | 10/22/1888 | See Source »

...soon secured the ball down in Harvard's territory. The university men regained it shortly afterwards on four downs, but immediately lost it by a bad fumble. Six minutes after play began, L. T. Bliss broke through the Harvard line, passed all the Harvard backs, and made the first touchdown for Andover. The try for a goal failed. Score: Andover, 4; Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Philips Andover, 10; Harvard Second Eleven, 0. | 10/18/1888 | See Source »

...badly fumbled by Palmer, allowing Andover to secure it in Harvard's territory. The lost ground was soon regained by good work, but the ball was again lost to Andover by a fumble. C. A. Bliss ran around the end of the Harvard line and would have secured a touchdown had he not been well tackled by Palmer near Harvard's goal line. A minute later, at 4.57 o'clock, Onsley got through Harvard's line and secured Andover's second touchdown. The ball was punted out and well caught by Upton; Coxe succeeded in his try for a goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Philips Andover, 10; Harvard Second Eleven, 0. | 10/18/1888 | See Source »

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