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Word: touchdowns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Ninety-nine eleven defeated the Brookline High yesterday on Soldiers Field by the score of 4 to 0. The one touchdown was made very soon in the first half. In the second Brookline made a better showing and got the ball within a few yards of the line when Ninety-nine held for four downs. Then the ball was rushed down the field and when time was called, Ninety-nine was within a few yards of a second touchdown. The sophomore team contained a number of substitutes and the playing was not of a high order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '99, 4; Brookline High, O. | 10/20/1896 | See Source »

Harvard started out with a rush, and, after the kick-off secured the ball immediately on a blocked punt. Wrightington then ran 20 yards around the end for a touchdown. For some time after this neither side could make any considerable gain until Harvard got the ball at the 30 yard line and then scored a touchdown by short rushes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 12; BROWN, 0. | 10/19/1896 | See Source »

...defeated West Point at West Point, Saturday, eleven to nothing in a stubbornly played game. Princeton fumbled a good deal and her passing was slow; but her interference was good and Baird's punting excellent. He succeeded in kicking a goal from the field and made Princeton's only touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton, 11; West Point, 0. | 10/19/1896 | See Source »

...half the playing was mostly in the territory of the first eleven. Once the second eleven pushed the ball down to within a yard of the first's goal line, but here the first took a firm stand and got the ball on downs. After this Lewis scored a touchdown for the first on a fluke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARDER PRACTICE. | 10/16/1896 | See Source »

...second half the first played far better, the backs making good rushes until the ball was pushed over for a touchdown. Wrightington who went in to play for a few moments made a run of 15 yards behind good interference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARDER PRACTICE. | 10/16/1896 | See Source »

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