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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.
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 ...
[85] [86] High school football games are 48 minutes in length with two halves of 24 minutes and four quarters of 12 minutes. [87] The two halves are separated by a halftime period, and the first and third quarters are followed by a short break. [85] [86] [88] Before the game starts, the referee and each team's captain meet at midfield for a ...
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.
The torpedo punt (also known as screw punt, spiral punt, barrel, torp or bomb) is a type of punt kick implemented in Australian rules football, Rugby union & Rugby league, and more generally with an ellipsoidal football. The torpedo punt is the longest type of punt kick. It is also the predominant form of punt used in gridiron football codes.
Gridiron football (/ ... lines were painted along the length of the field as well as the width, making a grid pattern. ... whether it be a punt or a missed field goal
Green Bay had to punt from its 7-yard line, giving Jacksonville the ball at the 50. Cooke, in his seventh season with the Jaguars, is 12th in the NFL with an average punt of 49.8 yards. That is a ...
The open-field kick may be used as a desperation last play by the offense; realizing they are unable to go the length of the field, they advance part of the way and punt the ball in an attempt to recover an onside kick for a touchdown, or into or through the end zone for a single, or attempt a drop kick so as to score a field goal.