Word: kicking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first half, Amherst received Marshall's kick-off on the thirty-five yard line and then started in a series of plays that took Harvard completely by surprise. Mass plays on the tackles and end runs carried the ball steadily down the field, and three times on the third down the Amherst backs more than gained their distance. After making 10 yards on two plays, Biram went around Jones's end for twenty yards. Successive line plunges and a penalty for offside play brought the ball to Harvard's thirty-three yard line and then Washburn added 10 yards more...
After Marshall's kick-off Bates made a series of good gains and finally punted to the middle of the field. Through three end runs by Tenney and Piper Harvard took the ball to Bates's five-yard line. Graydon then scored the first touchdown on a line plunge. Barnard kicked the goal. After a few plays succeeding the next kick-off, C. Marshall caught a punt on Harvard's thirty-yard line. Two end runs gained eight yards, but Tenney fumbled. A fumble by Bates soon gave Harvard the ball on Bates's forty-five yard line. Line plunges...
Graydon received the second team's kick-off and advanced to the twenty-five yard line before he was stopped. The ball was immediately punted and regained by the first eleven on a fumble at the centre of the field. Twenty yards were covered in two plays. From the twenty-five yard line, by line plunges and end runs the ball was carried to the three yard line and Piper made the touchdown. After the next kick-off downs were not counted and the second eleven was allowed to keep the ball to give the first team practice in defensive...
...line-up between the first and second elevens started well but after that the playing was of the kind that could have been equalled or surpassed by any preparatory school team. Marshall received the kick off and made a clever run of 30 yards to the centre of the field, and on the next play the ball was punted to Noyes on the second team's twenty-five yard line. An advance of five yards by Foster was followed by a kick to the first eleven's fifty yard line, but after gaining 15 yards in about five plays...
...HAVEN. Conn., October 1.--Yale defeated Tufts here today by a score of 34 to 6. The playing of the Yale team lacked snap but the interference was much improved so that Ward, Chadwick and Shevlin were able to make some long runs. Tufts scored on a quarterback kick...