Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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With the ball on their 25 yard line, Yale's forwards showed great strength and were again given the ball on downs. McBride was forced to punt to Haughton, who immediately returned the kick to McBride in Yale's 25 yard line...
...with Brown they also won easily by the score of 18-0, and in this game exhibited the best football that they had so far been capable of. A fault still conspicuously apparent, as in the other games, was the uncertain starting of the backs. The interference showed new strength and compactness. Then came the reaction of the Newtowne game. Harvard won, 22-0, yet there was such a deplorable falling off in their form that the game was worth little as furnishing any advantageous results...
...hardest game of the season was that with Cornell, in which Harvard suffered, being scored on for the first time. The final score of 24-5, however, partially made up for Cornell's score, which was not the result of any superior strength, but of a case of carelessness on Harvard's part. Cornell was completely outplayed in every particular, except punting...
Judging from past games, Yale is generally conceded to have a harder and fiercer style of offensive play than Harvard, while Harvard's strength undoubtedly lies in their defence, which has proved the strongest feature of their play the past season...
Yale's backs then began to show their strength, and succeeded in forcing the line steadily for small gains, although Yale was soon forced to kick...