Word: touchdowns
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eleven played the second game with the Stevens Institute eleven on Jarvis Field yesterday afternoon and defeated it by a score of one goal and two touchdowns to one touchdown and one safety, or according to the new method of scoring, eleven...
...strongly favored the team having the opposite side of the field. Stevens won the toss and took the west goal. The ball was kicked off by Harvard at half-past three, In about two minutes Gilman secured the ball and carried it across Stevens' goal line, securing the first touchdown for Harvard. Austin at once punted the ball out and Cowling succeeded in gaining the goal by a very difficult kick, the ball being considerably off the side of the goal. Soon after the ball was brought our, Cowling made a long and fine kick which brought the ball down...
...ball was soon brought down the field and on a muff by Cowling inside the goal line, Bush succeeded in gaining a touchdown for Stevens, her only point during the game The try-for-goal was a failure. The first three quarters ended with the ball directly in front of stevens' goal...
Immediately after the beginning of the second three-quartes, Kendall made a touchdown catching the ball from the Stevens' back before he could touch it down. The ball was lost however in the punt out. The ball kept rapidly changing hands, the play being very loose on both sides. After a time Cabot securing the ball made a fine run, but was unable to gain a touchdown. Harvard's loose playing at this point was varied by some very fine passing, which, however, proved disastrous in one instance, the ball being passed into the hands of one of the Stevens...
...foot-ball with the Lafayette eleven Saturday, beating them by a score of 14 to 4. The Lafayette men forced the Stevens team well down during the first hour and, aided by the sun and wind, which were directly in the face of the visitors, succeeded in securing two touchdowns, from which no goals were obtained. Campbell, of Lafayette particularly distinguished himself this part of the game by good general play. During the second hour the visitors collected themselves, and in a few minutes forced Lafayette to make a safety. A moment later Torrence secured a touchdown for Stevens, which...