*Inventor/ Place of origin*

• To score by crossing the goal line (run/pass)

• Ball handling

• Throwing

• Catching

• Routes (run/pass)

• Quarterback

• Receivers

• Defensive Backs

• *Team- 2 teams of 8 players

• Winner- Team who scores the most points

• *Time- quarters

• Start Game- with a place kick from 20 yard line (and after touchdown)

• *Offense- has 4 downs to advance (run or pass) the ball into the next zone.

• Defense- guards man to man

• Team may punt at any time

• Penalty- pushing, tripping

- Offensive- loss of down

- Defensive- ball spotted where penalty occurred

• Turnover- offense cannot advance into the next zone after 4 downs and interception

• Off sides- crossing the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped

-Offensive- minus 5 yards

-Defensive- plus 5 yards

• Boundaries- stand anywhere between the sidelines and endlines

• Touchdown

- 6 points and point after attempt(3 yard line)=2 points

Automatic 6 points for the other team

Call after score, compliment play

Kick-off, offense, defense, special teamsLine of scrimmage, down and distance,

Run, pass, punt, place kick, reception, interception, safety, point after touchdown, sidelines, endzone, snap, incompletion, fumble, huddle, off sides, block, tackle, open, guard, hand off, fake, release, touchdown, cut, plant, alignment, stance, start, execution

• Screening

• 2-hand touch

• Grabbing a flag

Facilities/Space (Court/Field Dimensions)

• Field is 100x53.3 yards

• (91.44x48.73 meters)

Indoors/outdoors

• Both

• Football

• Flags

Olympic Sport/ Lifetime Sport

• No- Olympic

• No- lifetime

Special Notes

• Formed from soccer and rugby

• 1st game – Harvard vs. Yale