• The tuck rule was a controversial rule in American football used by the National Football League from 1999 until 2013. It stated: NFL Rule 3, Section 22...
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  • Tuck rule may refer to: Tuck rule (American football) Tuck Rule Game, the 2001 AFC Divisional Playoff game between the New England Patriots and the Oakland...
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    Playoff game, also known as the Tuck Rule Game or the Snow Bowl, and sometimes referred to as Snow Bowl 2, was a National Football League (NFL) playoff game...
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    Gameplay in American football consists of a series of downs, individual plays of short duration, outside of which the ball is or is not in play. These...
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    American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams...
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  • mathematician Frank Tuck (born 1931), former Australian rules footballer Gary Tuck (born 1954), American baseball former player and coach George Tuck (basketball)...
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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)...
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    in college football since 2020 and in the National Football League since the 2023 season. Players who wear numbers from 50 to 79 are, by rule, prohibited...
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    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...
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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...
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    points (a two-point conversion) in college football. While the American Football League adopted the college rule throughout its ten-season existence in the...
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    early footballs were plum-shaped. Some teams used to have white footballs for purposes of night practice. The football changed in 1934, with a rule change...
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  • be the "Father of American Football". Among these important changes were the introduction of the hike spot, of down-and-distance rules, and of the legalization...
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    Turney of the Pro Football Researchers Association estimated that Jones recorded 173½ sacks in his career. Controversial NFL rule changes made for the...
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    American and Canadian football are gridiron codes of football that are very similar; both have their origins partly in rugby football, but some key differences...
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    elsewhere, but by the invention of the snap-in American football. The rule adopted by a committee for American football in 1880 first provided for the uncontested...
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  • the American series American Pickers. The series premiered on January 18, 2010, on History. As of March 27, 2024,[update] 388 episodes of American Pickers...
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    rushing yards." American football portal Dual-threat quarterback Theismann, Joe (1 January 2001). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football. Penguin. ISBN 9780028641676...
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    Gridiron football (/ˈɡrɪdaɪərn/ GRID-iren), also known as North American football, or in North America as simply football, is a family of football team sports...
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  • The coffin corner refers to the corner of the playing field in American football just in front of the end zone, from about the 5-yard line to the goal...
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    football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women. Most leagues play by similar rules to the men's game. Women primarily...
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    Arena football is a variety of eight-man indoor gridiron football. The game is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian football, designed...
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    distinct sport of American football. Camp was central to several more significant rule changes that came to define American football. In 1881, the field...
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    seen in football, including American and Canadian football, as well as association football, rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football and Gaelic...
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  • routine, or more uncommon. In gridiron football, a dead ball is a condition that occurs between plays. Due to rule differences between leagues, the specific...
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    gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern American football, the...
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    Touch football is an amateur variant of American football and Canadian football. The basic rules are similar to those of the mainstream game (called "tackle...
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    football includes the professional forms of American and Canadian gridiron football. In common usage, it refers to former and existing major football...
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    gridiron football. The down is a distinguishing characteristic of the game compared to other codes of football but is synonymous with the 6 "tackle" rule in...
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  • passing yardage. Glossary of American football List of National Football League rushing yards leaders List of National Football League rushing champions "NFL...
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