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Show Harvard-Yale First to Use the Forward Pass The forward pass first came Into being In the year 1000. It was not until the llarvard-Yale game of the season of l'.KHt that a (Treat forward pass play appeared. In this struggle V. I.. Vecder of Yale late in the first half flung a long forw.ird pass Ho yards down the field to I!. W. Forties, 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 and 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 1007. |