3 A type of football game that does not involve tackling
8. One of the two associations for college foot-
ball players
10. When a defensive player catches a pass
12. Number of minutes played in football game
14. The number of yards needed for a first down
15. Considered to be the most exciting position on
the field
16. This player has a jersey number lower than 19
17. 160 feet is the of the football field
18. Length in yards of a football field
19. When the center sends the ball to the quarter-
back
20. Kicking the ball over the crossbar for an extra
point
21. American football is a combination of soccer
and this sport
The number of attempts a team has to
make a first down
4. There are usually two players on the field
in this position
5 The number of forwards in football
6. For many, football has replaced this sport
as the "National Pastime"
7. What a team often does if it does not
make a first down on the third attempt
9 Number of yards a team is penalized for
a delay of game
11. One of the reasons for football's popular-
ity
12. After this quarter there is a halftime
break in the game
13. Football is called the
sport because
of the field design
18. There is a lot of this type of action in a
football game
Physical Education Learning Packets
#13 Football
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