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The 1907 IAAUS football season saw the increased use of the forward pass, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed (9 high school and 2 college), while 98 others were seriously injured. However, there were no serious injuries reported among the major colleges.〔 The Yale Bulldogs, unbeaten with a record of 10-0-1, had the best record. The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Yale had been the best college football team of 1907.〔''The 2001 ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac'' (Hyperion ESPN Books, 2000), p153〕 Yale and Penn both claim 1907 as a national championship season. While Yale was named as champion by 6 different entities, Penn was not named champion by any. Penn's claim to the championship is only by the university itself. ==Rules== The rules for American football in 1907 were significantly different than the ones of a century later, as many of the present rules (100 yard field, four downs to gain ten yards, 6-point touchdown, and 3-point field goal) were adopted in 1912. The rules in 1907 were: *Field 110 yards in length *Kickoff made from midfield *Three downs to gain ten yards *Touchdown worth 5 points *Field goal worth 4 points *Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties: More passes were thrown than in 1906, when the new play was still experimental. However, because of problems with the rules at that time, which penalized the offense for an incomplete pass, there were predictions that the forward pass would be scrapped. Attempting a pass in 1907 was still a risky business, because an incomplete attempt would result in stiff penalties—15 yards back from the spot from which the pass was thrown on first or second down. If the defense committed a foul, the 15 yard penalty didn't apply to the offense, but the defending team was not penalized either.〔 In addition, a pass could not be caught in the end zone, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1907 college football season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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