Today's Tidbit... Shooting Down The Flying Wedge

The original flying wedge, Harvard’s famous formation about to attack Yale on November 10, 1892. (Parke Davis, 1911)

Lorin Deland developed the flying wedge, which Harvard showed for the first time in the 1892 Harvard-Yale game. As football was played at the time, kickoffs occurred at the start of each half and following each score. Unlike today, the team that had been scored on did the kicking, but they retained possession by kicking the ball a few inches or feet (like soccer) before picking it ...