How do you play American football?
The NFL’s rule structure is the most commonly known version of the game although college football has a slightly different version. The Canadian Football League has an even more different version....
View ArticleIn overtime, if a football team misses a field goal on 1st down, can they...
In all three major football leagues, the NFL, CFL, and the NCAA, the only way a kicking team can retain possession of the ball after a missed field goal is if the defending team blocked the kick. It...
View ArticleIn American Football, Can the defending team score a touchdown if they...
The PAT, or Point After Touchdown, is a special circumstance. Time will not expire from the clock, for example if a team is down by six points and they score on the last play, that is to say they...
View ArticleHow many Super Bowls did Roger Staubach win?
Roger “Captain Comeback” Staubach was a professional football player from 1969 to 1979. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys as a quarterback. Staubach was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985. He...
View ArticleWhere does the term “Grid Iron” come from and what does it mean?
A gridiron is a football field. When the forward pass was legalized in 1906, the quarterback was required to be 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage and could move no more than 5 yards laterally in...
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