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2. 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 ...

3. Protective equipment in gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   Protective equipment in gridiron football ("football gear") consists of equipment worn by football players for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment worn by most football players include helmet , shoulder pads , gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads , a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression ...

4. Flag football - Wikipedia

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   Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. In flag football, contact is limited between players.

5. American football rules - Wikipedia

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   Because of these rules, various leagues of American football have enacted strict rules of uniform numbering so officials may more easily judge which players were eligible and which were not at the start of a play. For example, in college football, ineligible players wear numbers 50–79, while eligible receivers wear 1–49 or 80–99. Even ...

6. List of NFL tied games - Wikipedia

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   As a result, ties are most often the result of mishaps or mistakes from the teams involved. Tied games are considered to be the least desired outcome a football game can produce. [5] From 1920 to 1973, there were a total of 256 tied games. Only three seasons prior to the rule change went without a tied game, while five seasons had at least ten ...

7. Penalty (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   In American football, if the officials decide that the action was particularly flagrant, the player in question can be ejected from the game. (In Canadian football, such a flagrant act is a rough play foul.) The CFL also has a "Grade 2 Unnecessary Roughness" foul for direct contact to a passer's head or neck area or spearing to an opponent's ...

8. Kickoff (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   Kevin Kelly and the 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team kicks the ball off after scoring a touchdown in their season opening game. 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 ...

9. Holding (American football) - Wikipedia

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   Holding is prohibited in most football leagues because it does not allow fair play of the game and increases the risk for injury. [1] It is one of the most common penalties in American football. While in the field of play, offensive holding results in a 10-yard penalty, [ 2 ] or half the distance to the goal line when there are fewer than 20 ...