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Official (gridiron football) Field judge Brad Freeman (88) and line judge Jeff Seeman (45) at an NFL game in October 2014. In gridiron football, an official is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. During professional and most college football games, seven officials operate on the field.
Two rows of short lines, known as inbounds lines or hash marks, run at 1-yard (91.4 cm) intervals perpendicular to the sidelines near the middle of the field. All plays start with the ball on or between the hash marks. Because of the arrangement of the lines, the field is occasionally referred to as a gridiron.
Gridiron football (/ ˈɡrɪdaɪərn / GRID-iren), [ 1 ] also known as North American football, [ 2 ] or in North America as simply football, is a family of football team sports primarily played in the United States and Canada. American football, which uses 11 players, is the form played in the United States and the best known form of gridiron ...
gridiron 1. The field of play; a football field 2. A generalized term for American, Canadian, arena, and other related forms of football, especially in contrast with rugby football (rugby union, rugby league) and association football (soccer). See also Gridiron football The word derives from the same root as griddle, meaning a "lattice". The ...
Replay review in gridiron football. In gridiron football, replay review is a method of reviewing a play using cameras at various angles to determine the accuracy of the initial call of the officials. An instant replay can take place in the event of a close or otherwise controversial call, either at the request of a team's head coach (with ...
Invitational sport at 2005, 2017, and 2022 (flag football) Games. American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, [nb 1] is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval ...
It was no doubt a critical moment. The Chiefs trailed 25-23 with 48 seconds left while facing fourth-and-16 from their own 35. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes escaped the pocket to buy time ...
As an official. Following his playing career, Lane was an official in the NFL for 18 seasons from 1982 to 1999, serving as a side judge (1982-1991, 1998-1999) and referee (1992-1997). [2] Lane was promoted to referee after Tom Dooley retired. He retired prior to the start of the 2000 NFL season after failing a physical.