Word: touchback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...than in the final seconds of the game, when Vince Moravec intercepted a Princeton pass in the Harvard end zone. The Crimson stands were hushed in sorrow, thinking the Tigers had scored a safety, and even some of the players were mystified when referee Albie Booth ruled it a touchback and awarded the Varsity a first down on its 20-yard line...
...other rule changes this season: 1) an incomplete fourth-down pass into the end zone is no longer declared a touchback (ball will go to the opposition at point of last scrimmage instead of the 20-yd. line); 2) a kicked ball, touched first by the kicking team within the opposition's loyd. line, is now a touchback...