Word: backfieldful
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...backfield was made up entirely of new men, who, as might have been expected, were uncertain and did not display much team work, although they played hard and ran fairly well. The plays were all simple with the exception of two forward passes, and the lack of variety did not give them a chance to show their real ability. The defense used during yesterday's game, four men in the line and the ends playing out, was moderately successful, but was hardly given a fair trial...
...whole new backfield was then put in, White being substituted for Smith, Sprague for Graydon, Vogel for Kennard, while Philippbar went in Burr's place at left guard. Bowdoin kicked off to Vogel, who juggled the ball and Bowdoin got it on Harvard's 25-yard line. After two line plays Bowdoin made a goal from placement but was put back ten yards for holding; here the ball was fumbled and regained on the 53-yard line. Bowdoin now tried a forward pass which failed and the ball went to Harvard at the middle of the field. Harvard held...
Early in the season the problem which confronted the coaches was to develop new men for the center trio and the backfield. With Wylie, Berger, Dunbar and Congdon of last year's squad, and Coy, Wheaton, Murphy, Cooney, Brown and Goebel of the 1910 eleven, however, the prospects seemed exceedingly bright. But the new center men were by no means in a class with last year's men, and the main trouble has been in training these men for their positions. In the backfield it has been a problem to get speed enough. Up to the last half...
...match. Grant was, as usual, one of the first men down under punts. He succeeded in blocking one of Glaze's attempted goals from placement and in cutting off a fake forward pass. Gilder, who played during most of the game at quarterback, after Newhall was injured, covered his backfield position fairly well, but used very poor judgment in his choice of plays, and did not run the team with the snap which characterized Newhall's playing. Wendell was the life of the Harvard backfield, and in his first game of the season showed all his former speed and ability...
...work of Coy and T. Jones in the Yale backfield was above criticism in the second half, while McCormick, Wister and Dillon were Princeton's most effective players. Thirty-four thousand people saw the game...