Touchdown
A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football, in which the ball carrier causes the football to break the plane of the end zone, or an eligible receiver catches a forward pass in the end zone, thus earning 6 points for his team (in both codes). The scoring team is also awarded the opportunity for an extra point or a two-point conversion. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A touchdown is analogous to a Rugby try, with the major difference being that for a try the football has to be placed on the ground, a requirement abolished decades ago in gridiron football. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The term touchdown is also used in rugby union and rugby league to refer to the physical act of placing the ball down on the ground past the goal line. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American.... 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... 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.... Touchdown related Images and Photos (experimental) | ~ Table of Content ~
~ Related Subjects ~Canadian football (2) - American football (1) - Rugby league (1) - Rugby union (1) - Sidelines (1) - Goal line (1) - End line (1) - Gridiron football (1) - Extra point (1) - End zone (1) - American (1) - Try (1) - Rugby (1) - Two-point conversion (1) -~ Community ~
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