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In American football, a touchback is a ruling which is made and signaled by an official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in an end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to travel over or across the goal line. [1]

15 relations: American football, Arena football, Canadian football, Eight-man football, End zone, Field goal, High school football, Indoor American football, Kickoff (gridiron football), National Football League, Punt (gridiron football), Safety (gridiron football score), Single (football), Six-man football, 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Arena football

Arena football is a variety of indoor gridiron football played by the Arena Football League (AFL) and China Arena Football League (CAFL).

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Canadian football

Canadian football is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).

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Eight-man football

Eight-man football is a form of gridiron football, generally played by high schools with smaller enrollments.

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End zone

The end zone is the scoring area on the field, according to gridiron-based codes of football.

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Field goal

A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in American football and Canadian football.

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High school football

High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada.

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Indoor American football

In the United States, indoor football is football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas (as opposed to certain NFL teams which have large indoor stadiums, such as the New Orleans Saints who play in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome).

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Kickoff (gridiron football)

A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in American football and Canadian football.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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Punt (gridiron football)

In American and Canadian football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground.

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Safety (gridiron football score)

In gridiron football, the safety (American football) or safety touch (Canadian football) is a scoring play that results in two points (or, in rare cases, one point) being awarded to the scoring team.

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Single (football)

In Canadian football, a single (single point, or rouge), scoring one point, is awarded when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a convert (successful or not) or a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return, or kick, the ball out of its end zone.

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Six-man football

Six-man football is a variant of American football played with six players per team, instead of 11.

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2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2012.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchback

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