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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...offensive the Yale eleven was unable to gain at any time and only twice had any chance whatever of scoring. Once in the first half, Stillman fumbled one of Craighead's punts, and offside by Harvard on the succeeding play gave Yale the ball on Harvard's 30-yard line. Again in the second half, both Baldwin and Stillman fumbled a punt and Wallace ran to the fifteen yard line before he was downed. Yale could not gain by direct rushing, however, and in the second half, Craighead's drop-kick for a goal was blocked and Yale's only...
...first half, Harvard kicked 13 times for 478 yards, and Yale kicked 17 times for 599 yards. Harvard rushed 35 times and gained in all 217 1-2 yards, whereas Yale rushed 32 times for 70 yards. During this half Yale held Harvard once for downs, and Harvard held Yale once for downs and forced her to kick three times. Harvard was penalized once for off-side play, and Yale was penalized for interfering with a fair catch. In this half, Sawin made the longest run of the game, 29 yards. The only blocked kick was one of Yale...
...Freshman eleven played a twenty minute half against the second eleven. The defense did not show the weakness it has in the past and the offense was greatly improved. Considerable time was devoted to individual coaching and to kicking, and a number of place kicks from the 45-yard line were tried. The new plays worked well against the second eleven and three touchdowns were scored during the half...
During the whole of the second half, Yale played to prevent Harvard from scoring. Burnett kicked off and McBride punted to midfield. Yale gained on the next exchange, and finally secured the ball on Harvard's 40-yard line on a forward pass by Sawin to Kendall. Yale could not gain by rushing, and then the ball was passed back 20 yards to McBride in order to keep possession of it, and obtain first down. Again Yale began to rush the ball and this time with better success. Fresh halfbacks gained through the line at will, until Harvard took...
More punting followed in Yale's favor. Again she rushed, and, after making 20 yards through the tackles in about ten plays, was held for downs on Harvard's 30-yard line. Harvard kicked, and Hallowell got the ball on a fumble. The eleven now took the aggressive and rushed the ball to Yale's 22-yard line where it was lost on a fumble. McBride punted out of danger and Daly ran it back fifteen yards. Reid punted, and again Fincke fumbled to Hallowell. Time was nearly up, and Harvard was held for two downs on Yale...