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Football
Football, also called American Football, is a team sport consisting of two teams each of which can have 11 players on the field at any given time.
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NFL (National Football League)
Sports; Football
the major professional football league in the U.S. with 32 teams; its headquarters are in New York.
necessary line
Sports; Football
the imaginary line the offense must cross to achieve a new first down.
man-in-motion
Sports; Football
a single player on the offense who is permitted to move prior to the snap; he may only run parallel to the line of scrimmage or away from it.
NFL Championship
Sports; Football
the game held from 1933 through 1965 to decide the champion of professional football; renamed the Super Bowl in 1966.
