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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Ninety-two had the ball and made ten yards, but lost to B. A. A. on a fumble. Waters and Bowen made twenty yards through the centre, but Newell's fine tackle lost ten yards of it. Crane kicked to within five yards of '92's line. Stickney took Clark's place at right tackle. '92 kicked and Curtis stopped Crane's return, securing the ball. Forbes found a hold in the centre, but '92 then lost the ball on four downs. Forbes took Crane's kick and advanced the ball thirty yards through the whole rush line...
...about twelve yards. A foul gave B. A. A. the ball, and Waters made ten yards. '92 again got the ball on four downs. Greenough made a good gain, but fumbled. Waters gained five yards, Peters rushed fifty yards and put the ball within a yard of '92's line, but '92 got the ball on a foul. Greenough fumbled and made a safety. Henry made a fine rush from the twenty-five yard line, but lost the ball just as time was called. Score, B. A. A. A., 2; Harvard...
Tufts won the toss and took the ball. By the V tick and a succession of good rushes through the centre, they soon had a touch-down. No goal. From the 25 yard line Sherwin made a rush of half the field and in less than a minute Waters had it over the line. No goal. Score...
...very glaring faults which sooner or later they have got to overcome. Their tackling shows an improvement over their practice work, but even if a man tackled low he allowed his man to gain a yard or two by crawling along on the ground. The blocking in the rush line is lamentably weak, the opponents coming through with scarcely an effort, at the same time making enormous holes in the line. A great improvement in this respect must be made, for a team with a weak rush line cannot accomplish much. The worst and most fatal fault...
Exeter did not play up to the standard of the school's teams; the redeeming feature was their excellent tackling Harvard played well. Perry and Newoll did the best work in the line. The backs all played well and at times brilliantly. The team blocked well...