Touchdown - answer6 pts. Offensive player advances the ball over the opponents goal
line
Field goal - answer3 pts. Offensive player makes a kick from scrimmage that passes
through the goal
Safety - answer2 pts. awarded the opposing team if a team sends the ball into its end
zone and the ball becomes dead in their possession
Extra points - answerAfter a touch down- an attempt from the 2 yd line to kick the ball
though the goal posts (1 pt) or run/pass the ball into the end zone (2 pts)
Kick-off - answerA type of free kick used to start play (1st and 3rd per.) (after try for
extra pt.) (after FG)
Return - answerA runback after a punt of kick-off
Scrimmage - answerThe line from which each play begins
Snap (hike) - answerBegins play from scrimmage
Down - answerPlay from scrimmage ( allowed 4 unless a first down- advance the ball
10 yds- is achieved )
Punt - answerA kick in which the player drops the ball and kicks it as it falls
Forward Pass - answerA thrown ball from one offensive player to another from behind
scrimmage towards the goal line
Touchback - answerThe ball is dead (out of play) behind a team's own goal line (play
then starts from the 20)
Interception - answerPlayer catches an opponents pass or fumble before it hits the
ground
Block - answerObstructing an opponent by using the body above the knees
Tackle - answerUsing the hands or arms to hold an opponent or throw him to the
ground
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