End zone

The end zone is a term in both Canadian football and American football. The end zone is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. It is bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points.

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A team scores a touchdown by entering their opponent's end zone while carrying the ball or catching the ball while being within the end zone. If the ball is carried by an offensive player, across the goal line, it is considered a score as soon as the ball crosses the imaginary vertical plane of the goal line, between the two sidelines. In addition, a two-point conversion may be scored after a touchdown by similar means.

Canadian football: Canadian football is a sport in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (100.58 metres) long and 65 yards (59.43 metres) wide, with end zones 20 yards (18.29 metres) deep. At each goal line is a set of forty-foot (12.2 metre) high goalposts...

Goal line: In many outdoor ball sports, goal line refers to the line which a team is attempting to advance the ball or puck towards. In particular, see...

Sidelines: The "sidelines" is a term commonly used to define the white/colored lines which mark the outer-boundaries of a gaming field. Football sidelines, for example, mark the edge of the field, and if a player passes through the sidelines, he is considered out of bounds and gameplay stops. The sidelines a...

End zone related Images and Photos (experimental)

Zone	Green Zone	Green Zone	Dead End
End of Day	Comfort Zone	Green Zone DVD (Widescreen)	End of Line
End of Days	End Of Days	Twilight Zone	Zone Tropicale c.1964