Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Baldwin, captain and quarterback, plays a brilliant defensive game and uses his strength to advantage when tackling. On the offensive, however, he is slow in giving the signals and often fails to put out an opposing tackler...
...players will line-up as follows: HARVARD. PENNSYLVANIA. Campbell, Left End. Coombs, Right End. Donald, Left Tackle. Wallace, Right Tackle, Boal, Left Guard. Teas, Right Guard. Burnett, Centre. Overfield, Centre. Burden, Right Guard. Hare, Left Guard. Lawrence, Right Tackle. Snover, Left Tackle. Hallowell, Right End. Potter, Left End. Daly, Quarterback. Outland, Quarterback. Sawin, Left Halfback. McCracken, Right Halfback. Kendalf, Right Halfback. Kennedy, Left Halfback. Reid, Fullback. Barnard, Fullback...
...Pennsylvania team, although lacking somewhat in weight, is stronger than any of its predecessors. Weeks, the former Pennsylvania quarterback, has been coaching the team and has done much toward developing swift and aggressive play. Lavino and Schoch are both excellent kickers and line-buckers...
...only was their team heavier and the handling of the ball cleaner, but their playing was far more aggressive than 1901's. Of the plays that were tried, the guards-back formation worked most successfully, especially when Shaw took the ball. On a double-pass to quarterback, Hatch once made seven or eight yards. Gains were also frequently made through the line because the forwards, by starting before their opponents, usually succeeded in charging them back and opening up holes for the runner. Although the backs never supported the runner any too well, individually they often showed very good judgment...
...backs really had very few chances to show what they could do. During the first half, for example, they did not have the ball for more than a third of the time. In the second half, they felt the loss of the regular quarterback, Daly, who was injured. The backs frequently weakened on the defensive, and the forwards, who were forced back, would often put them out of the play. On a slippery field and against heavier opponents, the line-men played too high. But they were not responsible for the poor judgement shown in the second half when, with...