1) Canadian football terminology 2) Football play
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In American football, a touchback is a ruling which is made and signaled by an official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team`s own goal line (i.e., in an end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to travel over or across the goal line. Such impetus may be imparted by a kick, pass, fumble, or in certain inst....
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A condition where a ball is ruled to be dead in an end zone. If a kickoff or punt travels into the end zone untouched, the result is a touchback, and the receiving team gets possession of the ball at it's own 20 yard line.
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• (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
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Touch'back` noun (G) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from
safety touchdown.
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[Football] when a player who gains possession of a ball in his own end zone kneels to the ground and automatically starts the next play at his own 20-yard line; also awarded if his opponent kicks the ball across the end line.
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A play that results in the ball being placed on the 20-yard line. Usually a result of the punter kicking the ball into the end zone, but can also occur if a fumbled ball is knocked out of the end zone by the defense.
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the act of downing the ball behind one's own goal line after the ball had been propelled over the goal by the opposing team. After a touchback, the team that downed it gets the ball at their own 20-yard line.
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n] - (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
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noun (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
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