Word: goals
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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Princeton had the ball at the start and Yale the choice of sides. The play began with a V but King was downed without gaining anything. Spicer made ten yards and Homans tried for a goal out failed by 15 yards. The ball went to Yale and was kicked on the fourth down; the kick was fumbled and Harvey secured the ball gaining 10 yards and shortly afterward 15 more. Hartwell soon after started on a rush that looked good for a touch-down, but he was thrown on the 25 yard line and hurt; he did not withdraw, however...
...ball and kicked. McClung caught it and by good dodging brought it back 25 yards. For some time the battle waged fiercely without either side gaining more than a temporary advantage, but McClung ran around the end after catching a kick and made the second touchdown. The try for goal failed and Princeton had the ball on the 25 yard line. Soon after McClung made his third phenomenal run and scored 6 on a touch-down and goal. The first half stopped with the score 16 to 0 in Yale's favor...
Yale had the ball and Rhodes made 30 yards. Poe was hurt in tackling him, but resumed playing. Yale made a series of good gains but it was more than half an hour before McClung, splendidly guarded made a touch down. The goal from this brought the score...
Bliss took Harvey's place and Jones that of Thomas. Almost immediately McClung got the ball on a punt of Homans and made a touch-down after a long and brilliant run. The goal made Yale's points...
...method of counting by points instead of goals, touch-downs, etc., was introduced in 1883, the only difference between it and the present in de of counting being that a touch down counted but two points. In 1879 Yale defeated Harvard by one goal kicked by Thompson, a Yale half-back, from the centre of the field. This was the last time a team of fifteen men was played. They were distributed as follows: 7 forwards, 5 half-backs and 3 backs...