Glossary of American Football Terms

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12th Man
2 Point Conversion
3-4
3 and out
46
4-3
5-2

A
AFC
Audible

B
Backfield
BCS
Bench
Black Monday
Blitz
Box
Bountygate
Bubble screen
Butt Fumble

C
Canton
Carry
CFL
Coaching Tree
Cotton Bowl
Completion
Cover 3
Cover 2
Chain crew
Crossbar

D
Dime
Down
Double Coverage
Dual-Threat

E
Eligible Receiver
End Zone

F
Fair Catch
Fake punt
FBS
FCS
Field Goal
Flats
Flexbone
Formation
Free Agency
Fumble

G
Game manager
Goaline
Goal post
Grey Cup

H
H-back
Hail Mary
Hard Count
Heisman Trophy
Holding
Holy Roller
Horse collar
Hurry-up Offense/No-huddle Offense

I
I-Form
Icing The Kicker
Immaculate reception
Interception

J
Joker

K
Key
Kickoff
Kneel/Take a Knee

L
Lambeau Leap
Lateral
Line of Scrimmage

M
Man Coverage
Marty Ball
Man in Motion

N
NFC
NFL
NFL Europa
NFL Combine
NFL Draft
Nickel
No yards

O
Offside
Onside Kick

P
Pass Interference
Pistol
Play Action Pass
Point After Touchdown (PAT)
Pro Bowl
Pump Fake
Punt
Pocket Passer
Pylons

Q
QB Sneak
Quarter

R
Read
Recruitment
Redshirt
Rose Bowl
RedZone

S
Sack
Safety
Singleback
Shotgun
Sideline
Snap
Sneak
Spike
Spygate
Squib kick
Statue of Liberty
Sugar Bowl
Super Bowl
Swinging Gate

T
T-Form
Touchdown
Trap
Trenches
Turnover

U
Under center

V
Vanier Cup
Veer

W
West Coast Offense
Wildcat
Wishbone
X

Y
Yard line

Z