lines of scrimmage
Opposing team markers
In American football, the lines of scrimmage are the two imaginary lines running across the field at the spot where the ball is placed before each play.
One line marks the offense's side, the other the defense's—the neutral zone between them is where play begins.
Figuratively, a line of scrimmage is any starting point for confrontation: Both sides have drawn their lines of scrimmage on the budget debate.
- neutral zoneProhibited hostility area
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- play-action passPass after faked handoff
- footballField sport with goals
- snapSudden sharp sound
play clock · down and distance · offsides · quarterback · false start · offense · hash marks · formation · audible · linebacker · two point conversion · referee · blitz · trenches · pass rush · man-to-man defense · penalty · screen pass
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Scoring boundary stripe
end zone · goal lines · end zones · end lines · red zone
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