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Word: touchdown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game began at 3.07 with Harvard in possession of the ball. The freshmen immediately forced the play down to the visitors twenty-five yard line but on account of loose work did not score until 3.15, when Davis carried the ball across line and secured the first touchdown. Frothingham kicked the goal. Score 6-0. In one of the scrimmages which followed putting the ball it play, Manning indulged in some slugging, and was immediately disqualified; Collamore took his place. Broughton, by two long rushes scored the second the second touchdown at 3.21. No goal. Score 10-0. Four minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard '93. 68; Fall River High School, 0. | 11/11/1889 | See Source »

...Groton-St. Marks game on Saturday the score up to the last thirty seconds was 26 to 20 in favor of Groton. At this time Morgan of the St. Marks team broke through, got the ball and made a touchdown from which a goal was kicked, thus tying the score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/5/1889 | See Source »

...around the end to the five yard line, and on the next scrimmage Stone found a hole made for him and slipped across the line three minutes after play began. The try for a goal was a failure, but Colt dropped on the ball and secured a second touchdown. The play during the next ten minutes was exceedingly lively, but at 3.43 with the ball at Harvard's thirty yard line Bliss made a beautiful run around the end well guarded by Stone, and secured the third touchdown. The freshmen now braced and forced Andover back rapidly; for the first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Andover, 34; Harvard '93, 7. | 11/4/1889 | See Source »

...tackled him well. He and Lee bunted in vain against Pennsylvania's heavy center but Harvard kept the ball by losing twenty yards. Lee made a fine rush around the end for a gain of forty yards. A moment later he ran around the end again and scored a touchdown. Time 30 minutes. Goal Score 23-0. When the ball was brought out Valentine gained three yards. Hutchinson broke through and tackled Hulme, but Valentine in turn wriggled his way through Harvard's center and gained fifteen yards. Harvard began playing much more sharply. Thayer fumbled and Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Wins Her First Championship Game. | 11/4/1889 | See Source »

...best work for the University of Pennsylvania in the Yale game and who made the great rush at the outside which enabled Thayer to make the touchdown, was Dewey, who rowed number two on the '92 freshman crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/2/1889 | See Source »

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