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  2. Down (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    The situation at a down can be described succinctly in a short phrase of the form 1st/2nd/3rd/4th and X.The first part describes which down the offense is on, and the X is a number of yards between the current line of scrimmage and the line where the offense would gain another set of downs.

  3. 1st & Ten (graphics system) - Wikipedia

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    The 1st and Ten line displays the yard line needed for a first down during an ESPN Sunday Night Football broadcast.. 1st & Ten is a computer system that augments televised coverage of American football by inserting graphical elements on the field of play as if they were physically present; the inserted element stays fixed within the coordinates of the playing field and obeys the visual rules ...

  4. List of gridiron football rules - Wikipedia

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    A standard football game consists of four 15-minute quarters (12-minute quarters in high-school football and often shorter at lower levels, usually one minute per grade [e.g. 9-minute quarters for freshman games]), [6] with a 12-minute half-time intermission (30 minutes in the Super Bowl) after the second quarter in the NFL (college halftimes are 20 minutes; in high school the interval is 15 ...

  5. Gridiron football - Wikipedia

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    Nine-man football, eight-man football and six-man football are varieties of gridiron football played with fewer players. They are played with the same number of downs (often with a 15-yard [14 m] requirement for a new set of downs, as opposed to 10 in other codes), fewer offensive linemen , and an 80-yard (73 m) field.

  6. Penalty (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    15 yards; automatic first down if committed by the defense 15 yards; automatic first down if committed by the defense 15 yards 15 yards; automatic first down if committed by the defense Block in the back (offense, defense, or special teams) A blocker contacting a non-ballcarrying member of the opposing team from behind and above the waist.

  7. Play from scrimmage - Wikipedia

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    A play from scrimmage is the sequence in the game of gridiron football during which one team tries to advance the ball, get a first down, or score, and the other team tries to stop them or take the ball away. Once a play is over, and before the next play starts, the football is considered dead. A game of American football (or Canadian Football ...

  8. American football - Wikipedia

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    While the game between Rutgers and Princeton is commonly considered the first American football game, several years prior in 1862, the Oneida Football Club formed as the oldest known football club in the United States. The team consisted of graduates of Boston's elite preparatory schools and played from 1862 to 1865.

  9. Chain crew - Wikipedia

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    The chain gang. In gridiron football, the chain crew (commonly known as the "chain gang") is a crew that manages signal poles on one of the sidelines.There are three primary signal poles: the "rear rod" that marks the beginning of the current set of downs, the "forward rod" that marks the line to gain, and the "box" that marks the line of scrimmage.