American football is a team sport played by two teams, with 11 players on each team. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the football into the opposing team’s end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it, throwing it, or passing it to a teammate. Points can be scored in various ways, including carrying the ball across the goal line, throwing the ball to another player across the goal line, or kicking it through the goalposts on the opposite side. The winner is the team with the highest number of points when time expires.
The game consists of 4 quarters, each lasting 15 minutes with a break after the second quarter. Each of these quarters is called a quarter. In the event of a tie in NFL (National Football League) games, an additional 15-minute period (overtime) is played. In this case, the team that scores first wins the match. In a regular season NFL game, if neither team scores in overtime, the game ends in a tie. In an NFL playoff game, additional overtime periods are played as needed to determine the winner.
General Terms
Touchdown is the way to score points when a player brings the ball to the opponent’s end zone. Touchdown is the highest-scoring method in American football, earning 6 points for the team.
Field Goal is a successful kick of the ball by a kicker through the goalposts. A field goal earns three points for the team.
A safety is a very rare situation in American football. It happens when the offense commits a penalty in their own end zone, fumbles the ball out of their end zone, or is tackled in their end zone. When a safety occurs, the opposing team is rewarded with two points. If a safety occurs, the offensive team is forced to punt the ball to the team that scored the safety from the 20-yard line.
