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Called "combined net yards gained" in the official NFL record book. attempt 1. A pass attempt 2. A rush attempt; a carry 3. A kick audible A play called by the quarterback at the line of scrimmage to make a change from the play that was called in the huddle. automatic first down
This diagram uses the modern terms. In the original single wing, the primary ball handler was called the "tailback" and "quarterback" was used as a blocking back. This archaic formation was popular for most of the first 50 years of modern American football, but it is rare today, except as a novelty.
In American football, the specific role that a player takes on the field is referred to as their "position". Under the modern rules of American football, both teams are allowed 11 players [1] on the field at one time and have "unlimited free substitutions", meaning that they may change any number of players during any "dead ball" situation.
Shift (gridiron football) Sidelines; Similarity score; Snap (gridiron football) Spearing (gridiron football) Spike (gridiron football) Spiral (football) Spread offense; Spy (gridiron football) Stance (American football) Stiff-arm fend; Stunt (gridiron football) System quarterback
The two-platoon system is a tactic in American football enabled by rules allowing unlimited substitution adopted during the 1940s. The "two platoons", offense and defense, are an integral part of the game today.
At the end of the fantasy football regular season (typically Week 13 of the NFL season) the teams with the best records face off in the playoffs (typically in Weeks 14-16).
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
But when the Oklahoman A&M Aggies outscored the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time in a football game, winning 9-0 on Nov. 29, 1917, The Oklahoman wrote that "bedlam broke loose."