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What are the dimensions of a football field?

What equipment is needed for football?
Which player on the team throws the football?
How long is a football game? How many quarters?
How many timeouts does each team get in one half?
True or False. If the football stays inside the playing area, the time does not stop running.
If a game goes into overtime, how long is it?
What is the average game duration for a football game?
How many players make up a football team? Offense? Defense? Special Teams?
How many players from a team can be on the field at one time?
Teams line up to start a play at what “line”?
The objective of the offensive team is to do what?
How many attempts/downs does a team have to move the ball 10 yards?
How does a play stop?
If a team gets the ball into the endzone they score a touchdown. How many points is a touchdown?
How many points is a field goal?
What is safety? How many points is safety?

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The rectangular field of play used for American football games measures 100 yards (91.44 m) long between the goal lines, and 160 feet (48.8 m) (53 1⁄3 yards) wide. The field is made of grass.

Basic equipment worn by most football players include helmet, shoulder pads, gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads, a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression shorts with or without a protective cup.

NFL games are divided into four 15-minute quarters, separated by a 12-minute break at halftime. There are also 2-minute breaks at the end of the first and third quarters as teams change ends of the field after every 15 minutes of play.

NBA rules state that each team is given six timeouts each during the course of a 48-minute game, with one 20-second timeout allowed per half and each overtime period. Each team is also limited to no more than three timeouts in the fourth quarter.

False

The overtime period length may vary, but it is commonly 10 minutes long. Depending on the state, if the game is still tied at the end of the first overtime: As many additional overtime periods – golden or silver goal rules – may be played as needed to determine a winner.

An average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes.

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