Word: yarde
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Exeter won the toss and immediately forced the ball beyond the twenty-five yard. Carpenter got the ball, ran with it, but was thrown near the line and severely hurt, losing the ball, which in the meantime rolled across the line and was fallen upon by Exeter. No goal. Time 4 minutes. Exeter, 4; Harvard, 0. Austin took Carpenter's place, while Hartridge went end rush. The ball was put in play by Palmer, and Perry and Palmer, by rushing and kicking, gained ground for Harvard, but owing to poor passing, the distance was soon lost. Austin gained ten yards...
...Glee Club gave a yard concert Monday night, assisted by Carpenter, '88, and Honore...
...first half neither side scored and the ball was kept near the middle of the field most of the time. Harvard started off the second half in possession of the ball and soon forced it up to Cambridge's fifteen-yard line. Carpenter, by a good rush, carried it round the end and made a touchdown, from which he kicked a goal. The High School team now began to play harder, and good rushes took the ball to Harvard's twenty-yard line. Corbitt made a fine rush through the whole freshman team and got a touchdown. Goal. Score...
...account of lack of time the second half was only twenty minutes long. Rushes by 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...
...defeat for the freshmen. The rushers failed to get through the opposing rush-line, and were slow in dropping on the ball, while the backs fumbled badly. Two halves of thirty minutes each were played. Play began at 2.35. 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...