Bowdoin at Tufts

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 5, 1898, page 3

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  BoWDoIN, 6; TUFTS, 5. The Game Won in First Half, B, Tufts Poor Luck. Each Made touchdown. But Tufts Failed 10 Kick Goal. Medford, Mass, Nov. 4-The most i’m portant football game that Tufts has played this year resulted, this afternoon in a victory for Bowdoin, by a score IF to 5. The only touchdown scored by the home team during the game was made after minutes of play Erickson making pretty run of 20 yards around Bow doin’s right end. Almeida failed to kick an easy goal. Bowdoin. by repeated gains. soon forced Gregson over for a touchdown. w. b. Clark kicked the goal. In the second half there was no scoring, both sides playing a kicking game. The game ended with the ball in Tufts possession on Bowdoin’s 15-yard line. Col Inns, Carpenter and Bartlett played well for Tufts. Hunt, Hadlock and Gregson excelled for Bowdoin. Many Tufts and Bowdoin alumni witnessed the game. The lineup:

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Tufts leads 10–⁠6 in 16 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.