- Look up
scrimmage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Scrimmage (alteration of
skirmish ) may
refer to: An
exhibition game, an
informal sports contest...
- In
gridiron football, a line of
scrimmage is an
invisible transverse line (across the
width of the field)
beyond which a team
cannot cross until the next...
- A
scrimmage vest,
sometimes referred to as a
pinny (NAE) or bib (BrE), is a
piece of
clothing or sportswear,
often made of mesh, used in
practices as...
-
backs line up
behind the line of
scrimmage. Additionally,
there are two receivers, one on each end of the line of
scrimmage, who line up
outside of the interior...
- line of
scrimmage is
through the
point of the ball
closest to
their end line. The two
lines of
scrimmage are
called the
offensive line of
scrimmage and defensive...
- progress). If no
score has been made, the next play
starts from
scrimmage.
Before scrimmage, an
official places the ball at the spot it was at the stop of...
-
Yards from
scrimmage is a
gridiron football statistical measure. In the game of football,
progress is
measured by
advancing the
football towards the opposing...
- ends (positioned at the end of the line of
scrimmage) and
backs (positioned
behind the line of
scrimmage) are
eligible receivers. Most
early football...
- that
throws forward p****es. When the QB is
tackled behind the line of
scrimmage, it is
called a sack. The
position is also
colloquially known as the "signal...
- the "Father of
American Football",
established the snap, the line of
scrimmage, eleven-player teams, and the
concept of downs.
Later rule
changes legalized...
