Tufts at Yale

Saturday, October 5, 1901

Yale beat Tufts 29–⁠5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayTufts6–⁠6–⁠1 in 1901
5
HomeYale11–⁠1–⁠1 in 1901
29

FinalHigh 62°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: THE GRID|R0N. The Boys from Bates College Scores on Harvard. Put Up Remarkably Good Play Game Ends; Harvard, l6; Bates, s. TUFTS Scores on Yale.-lhc Results Of Other Games. Saturday.

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 7, 1901, page 1

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    THE GRID|R0N. The Boys from Bates College Scores on Harvard. Put Up Remarkably Good Play Game Ends; Harvard, l6; Bates, s. TUFTS Scores on Yale.-lhc Results Of Other Games. Saturday. IbtStoI, W. b.--I1dlNdii Nd5 sOItlv disappointed in her foot BAN game with Bates on Soldiers field. yesterday afternoon. Not only did Harvard fail to run up the big score that she was looking for. but the Maine boys sue ceeded in getting Il touchdown. In the Very last minute of play Swami fun bled the ball, and Blake, right end on the Bates eleven. got it on the 25-yard linz and with 9 single man for interference he carried il over the line Matthews, who played quarter on the crimson in the second half. made a deS- perate attempt to avoid the touch down. but he only got his man just after ne had crossed the line. r. en- the Harvard supporters forgot their partisan feelings. ana chccrsd the play. ana the Bates supporters, % whom there was considerable NUM- her. went wild with enthusiasm. From way up in one corner OF the stand there came I united cheer for the Maine college. The happiest set on the field We’re the players themselves. They took off their head gear and waved it over their heads. while they jumped in the air for joy. 1t was n sight Very similar 10 the performance Of the Carlisle In dians. when they scored on the Climson, last fall. The Maine boys came to Cambridge with the expectation of getting a good sound beating and they went back with six points against the Crimson. while the Crimson had scored only l6 points on them. In spite of the fact that they came with the expectation of being defea ted they tried hard to score. Three times Allen dropped back for Il place kick, the first from their own 4S-yard line. Fully 2000 people witnessed the game from the grand stands. The afternoon was almost an ideal one for a foot ball game. The air was crisp and inVigorating. and the sky clear. Harvard bucked the line for the most part. yesterday. but she varied it with an occasional end play. Her rushing game was faster than it has been, and her small score was due more to FUN bling than to inability TO gain ground Several times they lost the ball, when they We’re plowing their way straight down the field for a touchdown. Once the tumble came at Bates l0-yard line Bates lpSofttu 10 tfItk tbt gains. and all of them were made on that style of play. She could make very little impression on the Harvard line Baldwin started the game at quarterback for Harvard. and handled his team well. At times he was rather slow getting his plays off. He was not so much responsible for the fumbling as was Sargent. for the latter passed the ball very poorly all the afternoon. Matthews had charge of the Grim son during the second half. He has been playing that position on the sec ond for the two days previous to yes terdays game, and showed up so well that he was given trial on the Var sity. He plays his new position we’ll. especially on the defensive. His tack ing IS always good and at times brilliant He runs his team well, but is a little slow in passing the ball. Haryard’s interference on punts and end plays was better, yesterday. than heretofore. 1t was quick in forming. and stayed together well. The mass plays were not so fast as they might have been. Ristine at right halfback is too fast for any two men that have yet played back of the line with him. Capt Campbell missed two goals again, yesterday. both of which were easy. The first hit the cross bar. and the second went way off to the side.

  • The The Washington times's story: YALE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT. Morris Misses Punt and Tufts scores Touchdown.

    The Washington times, October 6, 1901, page 7

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    YALE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT. Morris Misses Punt and Tufts scores Touchdown. NEW HAVEN, Oct 5-For the first time this season Yale has been scored against and that by a team against which she was able to pile up five touch downs and carry away final score of @ to 5. The touchdown was not because of bet ter playing on the part of Tufts, but because Yale’s substitute quarterback. Nor ris, captain of the third team, missed a punt which he had in his hands and before he could recover himself Chapman Tufts left tackle, had grabbed the ball and made a 3o-yard run for touchdown Yale showed great Improvement in her work. More snap was given the individual plays, and the backs hit the line hard and accurately The interference was, as a whole. made up better and the backs followed in most every play Yale’s goal was in danger only once, and that was in the second half. when Hamlin, who had been put in at centre. threw the ball over Vanderpoel’s head, and when Van derpoel finally fell on 1t the ball was on Yale’s 10-yard line. A number of times Tufts held Eli, but only two or three times did Tufts succeed In breaking through for gains.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 10–⁠0 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1945Yale 27, Tufts 7
1919Yale 37, Tufts 0
1910Yale 17, Tufts 0
1903Yale 19, Tufts 0
1902Yale 34, Tufts 6
1901Yale 29, Tufts 5

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