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  2. Punt (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground. The most common use of this tactic is to punt the ball downfield to the opposing team, usually on the final down , with the hope of maximizing the distance the opposing team must advance in order to score.

  3. Punter (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    Shane Lechler of the Oakland Raiders punts the ball in November 2008. A punter (P) in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage.

  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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    Gridiron football (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ d aɪ. ər n / GRID-eye-ərn), [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.

  6. Kickoff (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in gridiron football. Additionally, it may refer to a kickoff time, the scheduled time of the first kickoff of a game. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team – the "kicking team" – kicking the ball to the opposing team – the "receiving team".

  7. Safety (gridiron football score) - Wikipedia

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    In American football, intentionally conceded safeties are an uncommon strategy. Teams have utilized elective safeties to gain field position for a punt when pinned deep in their own territory [12] [13] and, when ahead near the end of a game, to run down the clock so as to deny the other team a chance to force a turnover or return a punt.

  8. Quick kick - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, a quick kick is any punt made under conditions in which the opposing team would not expect a punt. Typically this has been a kick from scrimmage from a formation that is, or resembles, one usually used other than for punting, or at least not resembling the one usually used for punting.

  9. Penalty (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    On a punt or field goal attempt, the long snapper is allowed to regain his balance and assume a protective position before he is contacted by the defense. — 15 yards and an automatic first down 15 yards and an automatic first down 15 yards and an automatic first down — Running into the kicker (special teams)