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    The goal line is the chalked or painted line dividing the end zone from the field of play in gridiron football. In American football the goal lines run...
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  • up goal line in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Goal line may refer to: Goal line (association football), in soccer Goal line (gridiron football), in...
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    A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in gridiron football. To score a field goal, the team in possession of the ball must place kick, or drop kick...
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    play transpires in gridiron football. The down is a distinguishing characteristic of the game compared to other codes of football but is synonymous with...
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    In gridiron football, a reception, also known informally as a catch, is part of a passing play in which a player in bounds successfully catches (receives)...
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    Gridiron football (/ˈɡrɪdaɪərn/ GRID-iren), also known as North American football, or in North America as simply football, is a family of football team...
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  • Thumbnail for Line of scrimmage
    In gridiron football, a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line (across the width of the field) beyond which a team cannot cross until the next...
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    (American football), also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, extra point, two-point conversion, or convert (Canadian football) is a gridiron football play...
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    American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams...
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    Between the goal lines, additional lines span the width of the field at 5-yard intervals. This appearance led to the use of the term gridiron in the 1880s...
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