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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Wild Card

Sports; Football

a team that makes the NFL playoffs by having one of the 2 best records among non-division winners in its conference.

hang time

Sports; Football

the length of time a punt is in the air.

home field advantage

Sports; Football

the benefit a team gets by playing games in the area where it is based, due to fan support, familiarity with its surroundings and the lack of required travel.

intentional grounding

Sports; Football

a foul called against a quarterback who purposely throws an incomplete forward pass solely to avoid a sack; cannot be called if the pass lands at or beyond the line of scrimmage.

interception

Sports; Football

a pass caught in the air (picked off) by a defender whose team immediately gains possession of the ball and becomes the offense.

a pass thrown to a teammate backwards from the teams line of scrimmage or parallel to it; unlike a forward pass (which can be thrown only once per play), players may lateral the ball as often as they ...