Football

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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dead ball

Sports; Football

a ball becomes dead when a play is over and becomes live as soon as it is snapped for the next play.

in the NFL, sub-groups within conferences, such as the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Divisions; also, a grouping of teams in college football, where Division I contains the most competitive ...

bomb

Sports; Football

a long pass thrown to a receiver sprinting down the field.

bump-and-run

Sports; Football

a technique used by pass defenders, where they hit a receiver once within 5 yards (1 yard in college) of the line of scrimmage to slow him down, and then follow him to prevent him from catching a ...