Regulation Football Terms

Question 1

Offence

Answer 1

The team with the ball that is trying to score.

Question 2

Defence

Answer 2

The team without the ball that is trying to prevent the offence from scoring

Question 3

Forward Pass

Answer 3

A pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage to a player who is ahead of the person throwing the ball

Question 4

Lateral

Answer 4

A sideways or backward pass/pitch which may be made anywhere on the field

Question 5

Line of Scrimmage (L.O.S.)

Answer 5

The line from where the ball is snapped and where the defensive and offensive teams line up on or behind

Question 6

Regulation Team

Answer 6

Consists of eleven players

Question 7

Regulation Game

Answer 7

In high school each quarter is twelve minutes in length. Teams change ends of the field after the first and third quarter

Question 8

Backs

Answer 8

Players on the team who ordinarily carry or pass the ball on offence. They are lined up behind the linemen

Question 9

Block

Answer 9

Action of the offence in which they use their bodies to ward off defensive players from the ball carrier

Question 10

Clipping

Answer 10

Action by the player in which he throws his body or uses his hands across the back of a defensive players. (Blocking a defensive player in the back)

Question 11

Offside

Answer 11

When a player is ahead of the ball before it has been snapped