Harvard at Yale

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 22, 1908, page 14

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  GETS HER REVENGE Downs Yale in a Great Battle. SCORE: HARVARD A YALE 0 Field Goal Kicked by Kennard Gave Crimson a Victory. rae wheie Struggle Was One Of Strength Against Strength of Brains Against Brains. Much Enthusiasm Manifested n U, ter seven long years. had beaten Yale to O.. A goal from the field. Kicked by Vic | tor H. Kenrard of Brookline, Mass, fresh from the side lines and standing on Yale’s 28-yard line, with the Crim- son line planted on the 15-yard line, was the winning score just as the nrst half was closing. The game was . battle of football giants, the like Of | which, as memory served, has not been | seen on Yale field. After all, granting | to the Harvard men their full share Of credit for the victory. the Sons of Ell can point as a consolation to their goal line which was not crossed by foe of even such worthy mettie. Each teams defense was stronger than its offense and the best laid plans l of each in strategy weil-nigh went to lnaught There was critical point in the game, as in all contests, and It came In the second half, owing to the failure of forward pass. Yale had IUeen rallying with a desperation born of knowledge that time was heeting. and had worked the ball to Harvard’s s 22-yard line, when Johnson, the quar- terback, gave the signal for the play which proved So successful against Brown This time the place for its Iexecutioh was the diagonal opposite corner of the neld. The ball went back to Philbin, who passed 1t clearly lover the, onrushing Crimson forwards to. Flames. But the ball was not thrown more than five yards from the centre line, and thinking the play was 1faulty, the ofi1cials. under the rules, lRave the ball to Harvard. A great sign of relief went up from the Har- yard. side of the field, and not i’ve min- utes later the game ended. ‘% A Stubborn Defense. l. Sf4NN 1rft AFa% proven by the fact that throughout 1 the second half Harvard did not once nave the ball in Yale’s territory. and | yet so stubborn was her own defense that neither Coy, with his terrific plunges, nor the tremendous efforts of the Yale, line to open holes was able | to push the ball nearer than the 15- yard line. So well matched were the teams that neither got nearer than 1ifs l teen yards to its opponents goal. l The plays were, in large measure, rushes; occasionally, there would be an end run. which were not very suc- cessful except when Harvard directed one against Captain Burch’s end. This style of play was mostly worked out side of tackle, when the end had been | drawn out. There were no spectacu- lar runs. although Ccy’s attempts to turn the Harvard ends were nearly so. | for several times he crossed the field In his endeavor to find an opening. The longest run was by Whsaton.of Yale, at the kick off in the second half, when he returned the ball thirty five yaFds The longest rush was by Verwisbe, the Crimson full back, who started in the game of Harvard .- and this netted l eighteen yards around the end. Harvard rushed during the entire game sixty-ive times. netting 241 yards. an average of three and two- thirds yards to a rush. Yale rushed forty-seven times for a distance of ninety-fire yards. or nearly a yard less per rush on the average. Harvard received the ball four times on downs while Yale failed to hold the Crimson for downs once, simply | because kick was resorted to when two rushes had failed to give the need ed ten yards. From the start of the game.to the end, there was over eager ness among the players to be in the | fght and this brought many penalties. Harvard losing 120 yards on twelve penalties, and Yaie fifty-f five yards on six penalties. Some of the ground gaining was on the running back of kicks Harvard netting thirty-one yards this way, including fifteen on one kick off, and Yale sixty yards, in- cluding thirty-hve after one kick off. Harvard had thlrty-one downs and Yale eight. | A Magnificent Contest. The game was a magnificent one from the spectators standpoint, not withstan nding those brilliant bursts of speed through broken field. won- derful tackles and a finely developed interference. so often seen on the Tale field. The playing was on men who l were so evenly matched that 1t was hard to pick the shining lights. Coy was always in evidence, and so was White, of Harvard; upon whom most of the rushing developed. l The victory of Harvard undoubtedly | was due to the quick judgment of the Harvard coaches in sending in Kennard to try for q goal. though Verwiebe, whom he succeeded, had been playing | finely. The change in the lineup was instantly made. for the plays were being reeled of rapidly. when came the lineup on Ya1e’s 12-yard line. In | another second Kennard at full back received the ball and applying his toe to it, the goal was made amid wild scenes on the Harvard side of the field. Few tn ought that this would be the only score made. 1t hardly being ex- pected that both teams could stand to the end without faltering from inc terrific onslaughts against them. Banked along the gridiron was the | largest crowd ever seen here The cheering and the singing came only in the moinentary spells when the game halted to let a player recover | his breath. Cheer leaders found little, response to the call for a song except when the tension which came with the rushing of the teams was relaxed Tn this respect the game stands out unique among the many which have been played here. Summary-Score Harvard. 4 Yale, 0. Umpire. Edwards, Princeton; Ref cree, Langford, Trinity. Head lines man Hackett. West Point; Field judge, Hall. Dartmouth Goal from field. Ken nard. Time of halves, thirty-five min utes. Story of the Game. Harvard won the toss up and took south goal. Yale kicked on at 2:05. Hobbs sent the bah to Harvard’s three i yard line. Corbett ran the ball back ten yards. fake kick and then a punt gave Yale the bah at midneld. Coy gained several yards by a run around end. Wheaton tried a drop kick, but Yale recovered the ball without a loss. Two yards were gained against Yale’s left tackle, then Harvard gained i’ve yards. but was penalized fifteen yards. it being her ball on the twenty five yard line. Harvard kicked to Yale midneld. Philbin gained four yards outside of tackle. Yale gained three more through Harvards center. On a shit

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 23, 1908, page 2

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  Gave Harvard the Football Championship for 1908. Crimson Won a Great Battle From Yale Warriors. VICTORY WAS EARNED Chicago Won Western HOnOrs From Wisconsin. Minnesota Beat the Indians and YOst HumbIed at Syracuse. New Haven, Conn.,. Nov. 23.-Coy failed to repeat. Score: Harvard, 4; Yale. 0. Kennard kicked an easy field goal in the first half. That was the only score of the greatest gridiron struggle of many years Yale fought with bulldog grit, but the mighty crimson warriors outlucked. out fought outgamed the blue. Forty thousand thrilled spectators witnessed the memorable conflict. The lonely tally fails to adequately indicate the splendid contest. Yale lost, but not in honor. Never was there, a finer, cleaner faster game. 1t was the seasons apotheosis of Americas greatest amateur sport. Harvard played an unbeaten game. Her team work was matchless. her courage indomitable, her individual players replete with dash and brilliancy. + In Harvards hall of fame young Kennard is now enshrined The quickwittedness of Quarter Back Cutler and Captain Burr made that memorable effort of his possible. Harward had gone down the field in a steady advance. Corbett had dashed like an antelope around Ellis right for twenty-five yards There had been an onside kick on which the pigskin went to Yale, but Coy had punted and the ball was again in crimson hands Verweibe. Corbett and White, aided by splendid interference. had advanced the ball to Yale’s 20-yard line. Kennard to the Front. Suddenly Kennard was called out from the side lines and sent in Verweibe’s place. Without a monent’s warning Cutler flashed the ball back to the grim little fellow. With the speed of lightning young Kennard with the throng agape put his trusty boot to the sphere. Up and out went the ball and spinning as prettily as a toy balloon. f1oated over the crossbars of Yale’s goal posts for the games only score. And then how was a waving field of crimson, hats filled the air and hysteria and joy was damned up to the last degree. And well could Harvard cheer. 1t was the crimson’s first score against Eli since 1901. All. there was a sweet moment for John Harvard and bit ter pill for the husky aggregation that had humbled the swiftly fighting tigers one week ago. Man for man, the teams doomed giant-like on the chalk marked field. The biggest man of all was Fish, the crimson right tackle and field captain. Six feet three he stood, a zoo pound mass of bone and muscle. Harvard relied much on Fish and the big fellow did not fail. Verweibe was the star on offensive work in the first half Captain Burr’s generalship in send ing in Kennard undoubtedly won the too crippled to enter the contest but this one act indicates the high quality of his leadership. Harvard kicked off with Yale now defending the south goal. Instantly PhiIbin tore his way down the gridiron for a smashing 40-yard run through a broken field. Slap, bang went the men in blue, but the red giants got the ball on downs on their 3S-yard line. The Yale team grew desperate 1t seemed on several occasions as if Coy and his teammates through anxiety 10 score lost their precision and coherency of team play. Finally Yale sprang her dying effort. Hobbs dropped back to try for a goal from placement at Harvard’s 45-yard line. Johnson held the ball when it snapped back and as the audience gasped he made a forward pass to Brides, who got the ball on Harwards 7-yard line. 1t seemed YaIe’s of misery from the Yale supporters when Referee Langford brought the ball back and gave it to Harvard. 1t was explained that the pass was Illegal because it was not outside the 5-yard limit. Harvard had the ball and was advancing when the whistle of the referee ended the contest with the ball on her own 50-yard line. Final score, Harvard 4, Yale o. The scenes which followed and the celebrations in Cambridge and in good old Boston town at night have become a brilliant crimson page in the col 1ege lore. The summary: The lineup and weight and height of the players on the two teams were as follows: YALE. Arro

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  The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, November 22, 1908, page 1

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  YALE AND HARVARD EQUALLY MATCHED Kennard Kicks a Goal From 28- Yard Line, Making Only Score of Game. CONTEST IS BATTLE BETWEEN BIG GIANTS Victory Is Due to Quick Judgment of the Harvard Coaches. tide Of banners swept In. triumph over Yale field in the dying light this after noon. for the men of Harvard, after seven long years, had beaten Yale, 4 to 0. A goal kicked by Victor P. Ken nard. Brookline, Mass, fresh from the side lines and standing on Yale’s twenty eight-yard line, with the crimson line planted on the ffteen.yard line, was the winning score Just as the first half was closing. The game was bat tie of football giants. After all, grant ing to the Harvard mea their full share OF credit for the victory, the sons Of Eli can point as consolation to their goal line, which was crossed by a foe or even such worthy metal. Man for man, tho teams were equally matched. Each team s defense was stronger than its offense and the bnst laid plans of strategy we’ll nigh wclt for naugbt, The critical point in che game came in a forward pass. Yale had been rallying with a desperation born of knowledge that time was 6eeting and had worked the ball to Harvard S twenty-two-yard line, when Johnson, the quarterback, gave the signal for the play which proved so successfulg against Brown. This time the place for IFS execution was the diagonal opposite corner of the field. The ball went back TO Philbin, who passed it cleanly over the on rushing crimson forwards to Pawn. Bot the ball was not thrown more than five yards from the can’r- line, and think ing tho play was faulty under the rules the ball went 70 Harvard. A great sigh of relief went. .up from The Harvard side OF tho feld AMI nJt fve minutes later the game cndci. Some Rushing Work Harvard rushed during the entire game siXtY-fivc times, netting 24l yards, an average distance of three and two thirds yards to a rush. Yale rushed forty.scVcn times for q distance of nincty.five yards or nearly yard less per rush on the average. Harvard received the ball four times on downs. while Yale failed to hold the crimson for down once. simply because n kick was resortcd to when two rushes had failed TO give the needed ten yards. This made the exchanges Of the ball frequent and lent spice TO the plays. The rushing had its compcnsations. for it worked up the audience to high pitch of expectancy every few minutes, In kicking, Coy lifted the ball nine times for total of Sl9 yards, an averagc Of thirty-flye and one.half yards. Harvard called upon her fullbacks to kick, and the total of their efforts was 325 yards for eleven times, an average of twcnty-niuc and two-thirds yards From the start Of the game to the end thcrc was over.cagcrness among tho PLAYERS 70 be in tho fight and this brought many penalties, Harvard losing 100 yards on twelve penalties and Yale fifty-dve yards on six penalties. Neither team tried many OF the resourceful plays which tho revised rules have brought out. How Victory Came. The victory of Harvard undoubtedly was due to the quick judgment Of the Harvard coaches in sending Kennard TO try for a goal, though Nerwiebe, whom he succeeded, had been playing finely. The change in tho lineup was instantly made and when il came the ball was on Yale twelve.yard line. In another second Kennard, at fullback, received the ball and applying his toe TO it, the goal was made amid wild scenes on the Harvard side of the field, Few thought that this would be the only scoro made, Banked along the gridiron was the largest crowd ever seen here. The cheer. ing and singing came only in the momeDtary spells when the game halted to let player recover his breath. Cheer leaders found little response TO the call for Song. except when the tension WAS relaxed. In this respect the game stands out unique among the many which have been played here, Before the game began, when the tens Of thousands were pouring into the stands and the bands were playing, the songs were inspiring in their volume and melody. The lineup:

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 22, 1908, page 1

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  IS CHAMPION; CLEANS UP YALE 4 TO o ball when it was snapped back ana as the audience gasped he made q for ward pass TO Brides, who got the ball on Harvard’s 7-yard line. This was Yales chance at last. But there was a groan of misery from the Yale stands and ruars Of delight from Harvard’s supporters when Referee Langford brought the bah back and that the pass was Illegal, because il was not outside the 5-yard limit. Just 20 rub it in. Umpire Edwards penalized COoney, who had replaced BiddIe at Yale’s center, FIVE yards for on-side play. Harvard made a small gain and then Cutler smashed Yale s ncwly revived hopes by punting 10 the Blues 3S-yard line. Smith now went in for Kennard, who had gained fame enough and to spare for all time in Harvard’s athletic history. The game was ending in a Yale defeat on her own grounds, A moment OF silence followed. broken only by the hoarseiy-Worded signals Of Cutler as he drove on his men to seal a field goal with a touchdown. That was impOssIble. as fruitiess for Harvard 10 at tempt, as IT proved for Yale. once moro Yale sot tho ball. once more Coy was sent in for a final effort. again Fish, the human Goliath, and his men hurled back Yales hopes and Coy was forced to punt Harvard was advancing when the whistle Of the referee ended the contest with the ball IN Harvard’s posses sion on her own 50-yard line. Final score: Harvard, 4: Yale. 0.

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Officially, Yale leads 72–⁠61–⁠8; as played, 62–⁠50–⁠8 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 141 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.