![]() ![]() * PLEASE NOTE… While THE OFFENSE gets four tries to advance 10 yards. ![]() When it comes to punting, the idea is to try to kick the ball as far as possible (within the field of play), making it harder for the opposing team to score. This continues until THE OFFENSE scores or THE DEFENSE shuts them down, which then usually forces THE OFFENSE to kick (punt) the ball downfield to a player on the opposing team. If THE OFFENSE succeeds in doing so, THE OFFENSE gets four more downs/attempts/tries to move the ball forward another 10 yards. THE OFFENSE – which is helmed by a team leader called THE QUARTERBACK – gets four tries (AKA downs) to move the ball 10 yards. * The objective of American football: 11 men – THE OFFENSE – try to move forward and score against 11 other men – THE DEFENSE – by passing or running with an oval-shaped ball, known as the football. * Your standard American football field is 100 yards long – with an end zone (a scoring zone) on each end of the field. * Every American football game – including the SUPER BOWL - is divided into four 15-minute quarters. THE RULES OF AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL * The SUPER BOWL is the championship game, the final contest of the post-season, which pits the winner of the AFC (in this case the Kansas City Chiefs) against the winner of the NFC (the Philadelphia Eagles). Six are from the AFC the other six are from the NFC. * At the end of the regular season, 12 of the 32 teams move onto the playoffs. 16 are part of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the other 16 are grouped into the National Football Conference (NFC). * The professional football league in the United States is called the National Football League (NFL). THE BASICS OF AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Here’s our guide to understanding American professional football and its championship game, the Super Bowl. A ball, four downs, and the road to glory. ![]()
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