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  2. American football field - Wikipedia

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    The rectangular field of play used for American football games measures 100 yards (91.44 m) long between the goal lines, and 160 feet (48.8 m) (53.3 yards) wide. The field may be made of grass or artificial turf. In addition, there are two end zones on each end of the field, extending another 10 yards (9.144 m) past the goal lines to the "end ...

  3. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in ...

  4. Comparison of American and Canadian football - Wikipedia

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    While several American stadia could accommodate the extra 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (5 + 5 ⁄ 6 yd or 5.3 m) per side in width (multipurpose stadia, baseball parks converted for football, and some soccer-specific stadiums are particularly good fits), most American stadia would lose between 15 and 18 rows of seating in each end zone because the field ...

  5. Yard - Wikipedia

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    The Proto-Germanic cubit or arm's-length has been reconstructed as *alinô, which developed into the Old English eln, Middle English elne, and modern ell of 1.25 yd (1.14 m). This has led some to derive the yard of three English feet from pacing; others from the ell or cubit; and still others from Henry I's arm standard .

  6. Field goal range - Wikipedia

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    Field goal range is the part of the field in American football where there is a good chance that a field goal attempt will be successful.. A field goal is normally 17 or 18 yards (7 or 8 yards in Canadian football) longer than the distance of the line of scrimmage to the goal line, as it includes the end zone (10 yards) and 7 or 8 yards to where the holder places the ball.

  7. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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    A relative measure of how many yards a team must travel in order to score. first down The first of a set of four downs. Usually, a team which has a first down needs to advance the ball ten yards to receive another first down, but penalties or field position (i.e. less than ten yards from the opposing end zone) can affect this. flag

  8. Jerod Mayo gives explanation for Patriots attempting record ...

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    But given the kick's historic nature, the mid-30-degree temperatures at the game and Slye's 25-yard miss at the end of the first half, it's also easy to understand why many would question the ...

  9. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Legua nautica (nautical league): Between 1400 and 1600 the Spanish nautical league was equal to four Roman miles of 4,842 feet, making it 19,368 feet (5,903 metres or 3.1876 modern nautical miles). However, the accepted number of Spanish nautical leagues to a degree varied between 14 1/6 to 16 2/3, so in actual practice the length of a Spanish ...