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touchback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | football play |
Examples of touchback
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Against Minnesota, Demos averaged 64.2 yards on six kickoffs with one touchback.
From the suntimes.com
Ducks safety Javes Lewis picked it off and promptly rolled over for a touchback.
From the thenewstribune.com
The ball went out of the end zone for a touchback, and UK got it back at the 20.
From the kentucky.com
Royal lets Scifres's punt bounce, and it skips into the endzone for a touchback.
From the guardian.co.uk
The play was originally ruled a TD but reversed to a touchback on instant replay.
From the tennessean.com
The ball hugged the sideline and bounced through the end zone for a touchback.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The ball was recovered by Eastern Michigan's Jermaine Jenkins for a touchback.
From the omaha.com
Zoltan Mesko booms a touchback and Miami will now be driving to take the lead.
From the freep.com
Wright was tackled in the end zone for a touchback and Sandlappers possession.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
- In American football, a touchback is a ruling which is made and signaled by the referee when the ball crosses into or through the end zone not in control of the team which put it into play. A touchback is not a play, but a result of events that may occur during a play. ...
- 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.
- 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.
- When a team receives a kick in their own end zone, they can elect to kneel down signaling a touchback. Play then begins from the receiving team's 20 yard line.
- The act of touching the ball to the ground behind one's own goal line, the ball having been propelled over the goal by the opposition team. The ball is then put in play at the team's 20-yard line.
- When a kicked ball lands in the end zone or is caught in the end zone and stays there.
