Word: touchdowns
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...favor. Yale starts off with a run by one of the rushers which is followed by a run by Beecher which gains a good deal of ground for Yale. Dudley downs Morrison and Gill, the latter gaining ground, however. Morrison gains nothing, but Beecher breaks through and makes a touchdown behind the posts, from which Watkinson kicks a goal. The ball is placed in the middle of the field, and Holden, by two rushes, gains twenty yards. Remington gains no ground. Dudley fumbles but drops on the ball. Porter gains no ground and the ball goes to Yale on four...
...ball. Holden finds a hole and gains ten yards. No gains in three trials and the ball goes back ten yards. Holden gains fifteen yards by a pretty rush. A second rush leaves him in the same place; but the third carried him over the line, giving him a touchdown near the fair line. The ball was punted out and heeled, but the try at goal failed. Yale gained twenty yards at once, but three downs gave them no more ground, Dudley throwing two men before they could stir. The half closed with the ball about in the middle...
...centre. Holden is tackled and passes to Peabody for a kick, but Yale is too quick for him and Harvard loses fifteen yards by this play. Peabody kicked up the field and Watkinson returned it with a "twister" which Peabody misjudged, thus allowing Gill to make the first touchdown of the second half. Goal. Carter hurt and Buchanan takes his place. Holden makes a short run and kicks to Watkinson. The ball is passed to Gill who gets way through to Holden. Holden, Boyden, Peabody, Watkinson and Bull have a punting contest which is ended by the ball going fair...
...weather was all that could be desired, but the game was only fairly attended. Both teams played a strong game, but loose tackling at critical points allowed Wesleyan to score in the first half. Each team played with two substitutes. The referee, Mr. Robinson, of Yale, was entirely satisfactory. Touchdowns were made as follows: By Cowen, 2; Ames, 4; Price, 5; Moore, 2. Savage missed four goals. Fumbles by Princeton gave Wesleyan the ball at the 10-yard line, and Stellman secured a touchdown. Hamlin kicked a goal. The main features of the game were the long punts by Savage...
...Griffing carried it far up the field again. In the scrimmage Crane got the ball and ran unchecked, till forced out at '89's ten-yard line '90 lost the ball though, and Morgan, Perry and Griffing carried it up the field again, where Griffing made the last touchdown, and Scott kicked a goal. The rest of the half was hard fought, Crane making another good run and Perry and Morgan making several. The score was unchanged, however...