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Show Harvard-Yale First to Use the Forward Pass The forward pass first came into being in the year 190G. It was not until the Harvard-Yale game of the season of 1900 that a great forward pass play appeared. In this struggle P. L. Veeder of Yale late in the first half filing a long forward pass 30 yards down the field to R. W. Forbes, and end. who caught the ball and was downed on Harvard's three-yard line. From this point. In a single plunge, the ball was carried across the line for a touchdown, the sole nnd winning touchdown of the day. This spectacular spectac-ular victory Intensely popularized the forward pass during the following winter and raised great expectations for its use In 1907. |