Glossary Of American Football on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The following terms are used in
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
, both conventional and indoor. Some of these terms are also in use in Canadian football
Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...
; for a list of terms unique to that code, see '' Glossary of Canadian football''.
0–9
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
A punt, place kick, ordrop kick
A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it as it touches the ground.
Drop kicks are used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in rugby union and rugby lea ...
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
See also
* American football positions * American football strategy * Comparison of American and Canadian football * Glossary of Canadian footballReferences
Sources
* Hickok, Ralph (1977). ''New Encyclopedia or Sports''. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. {{Glossaries of sportsAmerican football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
American football-related lists