Word: forwarding
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Maine gave the University little trouble in stopping its plays. Not once, strange to say, reverting to forward passes or open plays of any variety, the Pine Tree Staters seemed content to plug away at a stone-wall line or to essay futile swings around the end that usually were broken up before they reached the line of scrimmage. Only once was anything other than a straight play tried; and this criss-cross play was unmercifully smothered for a five-yard loss. Courtney was the lone star of the Maine offense, his clever dash up the sidelines just before...
...paved the way to touchdowns. Straight football again predominated; no more versatility on the offense was apparent than against Holy Cross; and Dr. Bull must have profited little more in watching Saturday's game than did Coach Jones at the Holy Cross struggle. Twice only the Crimson quarterbacks tried forward passes, Buell slipping off to the side to take a pass from Horween, and running 20 yards to the 10-yard stripe. The play succeeded rather in its unexpectedness than in any trickiness in its conception. Just before the game closed Stillman shot a pass over the line that grounded...
...back. Eight yard dashes by Chapin and Johnson, topped by line plunges by Horween and Owen respectively, gave the University two first downs, and threatened the seconds' goal. Here, Johnson was nabbed for a loss before he could get rid of a pass, and, in spite of two successful forward passes, the ball went to the scrubs on downs...
...Forward Pass Gives Team A Goal...
Starting with the ball on their own 25-yard line, an exchange of kicks, a run back of a punt by Johnson, and a dash by Chapin brought the University within scoring distance. A series of line bucks, followed by a forward pass to Chapin gave the first eleven their first touchdown. The second score came soon after, the result of a blocked kick covered by Woods, and an off-tackle dash by Churchill...