Canadian Football Terminology: Line of Scrimmage, Eligible Receiver, End Zone, Goal Line, Shotgun Formation, Fumble, Safety, Field Goal

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Line of scrimmage, Eligible receiver, End zone, Goal line, Shotgun formation, Fumble, Safety, Field goal, Time-out, Linebacker, Onside kick, Two-point conversion, Down, Interception, Glossary of Canadian football, Kickoff, Passer rating, Convert, Touchdown, Place kick, Quick kick, Touchback, Quarterback sack, All-purpose yardage, Single, Play clock, Incomplete pass, Turnover on downs, Return yards, Slotback, Halfback, Hash marks, Flat, Trips formation, Three-minute warning, Double coverage, Flying kick. Excerpt: A safety or safety touch is a type of score in American football and Canadian football and is worth two points (with one very rare exception). In American football, it is the only means by which a team not in possession of the football can score points. Analogous to an own goal in other team sports, a safety may occur in a variety of ways, most commonly when an opponent in possession of the football is tackled in his own end zone. The term safety is a relic of the earliest days of college football during which a team which possessed the ball near its own goal line could down it in its own endzone in order to have the ball replaced at its own 25-yard line. NFL statistics on safeties date back to 1932; from 1932 through the 2009 season (excluding 1943, for which statistics are not available), 823 safeties have been scored in the NFL. Among the ways the defensive (non-possessing) team may score a safety are: Not all of these scenarios result automatically in a safety. If a player on the defense gains possession of the ball in his own end zone through a fumble recovery or interception and is tackled there, it is a touchback, not a safety. If he makes an interception outside of the end zone, his momentum carries him into the end zone and he is tackled there, his team gets the ball at the spot of the interceptio...