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2. Tackle (gridiron football position) - Wikipedia

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   The offensive tackle (OT, T), sometimes specified as left tackle (LT) or right tackle (RT), is a position on the offensive line that flanks the two guards. Like other offensive linemen , their objective is to block during each offensive play: physically preventing defenders from tackling or disrupting the offensive ball carrier with the ...

3. American football positions - Wikipedia

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   The area from one tackle to the other is an area of "close line play" in which blocks from behind, which are prohibited elsewhere on the field, are allowed. For a right-handed quarterback, the left tackle is charged with protecting the quarterback from being hit from behind (known as the "blind side"), and this is usually the most skilled ...

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. Lineman (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   The 4-3 defense, most commonly used in the NFL, employs two defensive tackles (and a defensive line of four men, with three linebackers behind them), while the 3-4 defense uses just a single defensive tackle, called the nose tackle (and a defensive line of three men, with four linebackers behind them). Defensive ends in a typical 3-4 have ...

6. American football - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Women's gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women. Most leagues play by similar rules to the men's game.

9. List of female gridiron football players - Wikipedia

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   Women's gridiron football (including American football and Canadian football) is a form of the sport played by women.Most leagues in the United States, such as the Women's Football Alliance, play by rules similar to men's tackle football. [1]