Word: punt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...offensive the Yale eleven was unable to gain at any time and only twice had any chance whatever of scoring. Once in the first half, Stillman fumbled one of Craighead's punts, and offside by Harvard on the succeeding play gave Yale the ball on Harvard's 30-yard line. Again in the second half, both Baldwin and Stillman fumbled a punt and Wallace ran to the fifteen yard line before he was downed. Yale could not gain by direct rushing, however, and in the second half, Craighead's drop-kick for a goal was blocked and Yale's only...
Princeton scored a touchdown and goal after twelve minutes of play, carrying the ball from the middle of the field by line-backing and by Reiter's 35 yard run around Yale's right end. Soon afterwards Brown blocked Wheeler's punt on Princeton's 10 yard line and McBride fell on the ball behind the goal-line, scoring a touchdown. Brown missed a difficult goal. Yale scored again in the first half on Sharpe's goal from the 45 yard line...
...whole game, Harvard rushed 68 times for a total of 331 1-2 yards and Yale rushed 59 times for 118 yards. Yale kicked 25 times for 919 yards, and Harvard kicked 22 times for 714 yards. The longest punt of the game was 55 yards by Hallowell in the first half, although McBride's kicks averaged longer. Yale made no long rushes...
...game began at 2.05. Francis kicked off for Yale and Daly returned the kick, gaining 10 yards. On the first down, McBride punted to Daly, who then took up the rushing game. Sawin made 30 yards around right end with excellent interference and carried the ball to Yale's 50-yard line. Kendall gained two yards and Sawin four, and then Ellis made two through centre. Harvard's rushing could not be stopped by Yale, but the latter got the ball by offside play, and at once started to punt. Donald blocked the kick and the ball rolled outside with...
...kick off from the twenty-five yard line. The first eleven started vigorous rushes inside of tackle and through centre, which soon gave Ellis the chance to score through Wheeler. Lawrence kicked all the goals after the four touchdowns. Two were so far to the side as to necessitate punt outs...