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...outset of the game the sailors seemed decidedly superior to the Marines. With the ball on their 27-yard line after a long punt by Mahan, a pretty forward pass from W. J. Murray '18 to E. L. Casey '19 netted 40 yards, and this with line plunges by Lowney of Colby, T. H. Enwright '18 and Casey, and an eight-yard forward pass, left the ball on the Marines' two-yard line, where the sailors lost it on downs. After Enwright had run back Mahan's punt 27 yards, the second attack ended in a try at a goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY ELEVEN VICTORIOUS | 12/4/1917 | See Source »

...Freshmen carried the ball to the Worcester two-yard line soon after the start of the game. Worcester held for downs, then punted, and the Freshmen began their attack from the 25-yard line. The first score came after a few plays on a forward pass, T. C. Wales to G. C. Lee. Faxon failed to kick the goal. After Worcester's kick-off Humphrey gained 35 yards around the end and MacDonnell in two plays took the ball to the five-yard line as the first period ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORCESTER ELEVEN NO MATCH FOR FRESHMEN | 10/29/1917 | See Source »

Princeton's first touchdown came in the first period as the result of a march of 65 yards down the field, sweeping away all Bucknell opposition. Later on Hopler of Bucknell recovered a fumble on his two-yard mark, and ran the length of the field for a touchdown, but was called back because the ball had been fumbled after it had been declared dead. This took the heart out of the Lewisburg team and the rest of the game was easy for Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON ROMPED AWAY WITH BUCKNELL, BUT YALE GIVEN GREAT SCARE BY COLGATE ELEVEN SATURDAY | 11/6/1916 | See Source »

...toss and elected to defend the south goal. Mueller kicked off for Cornell and T. C. Thach Jr., '18 ran the ball back to the 35-yard line. Horween punted, after Cornell was off-side and R. Harte '17 tackled Shiverick, who had recovered the punt on the two-yard line. An exchange of punts kept the ball in the Ithacans' territory, and the University started a rush down the field. Horween and E. L. Casey '19 alternated in carrying the ball to within the ten-yard line, from which point an unsuccessful forward pass went over the goal line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELLIANS FORCED TO ACCEPT REVENGE | 10/30/1916 | See Source »

Although it held Brown scoreless in the first half of Saturday's game, Williams was unable to prevent three touchdowns in the second half. The victory was no easy one for Brown, however, for Williams put up a stiff fight and in fact had the ball on Brown's two-yard line at the end of the game. The game was marked by few penalties and fumbles in contrast to the games played by the University's other opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VIRGINIA ONLY TEAM LOSING | 10/23/1916 | See Source »

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