Rules

• There are 4 quarters in football each one at 15 minutes each which is a total of 60 minutes in a game.
  
• The object of the game is to get touchdowns and field goals which gets points and to prevent the other team from doing the same thing.
  
• Each team is allowed 3 timeouts in the first half which is the first two quarters and 3 timeouts in the second half as well.
  
• If the game is tied at the very end of the game it will go to overtime which is 15 minutes. The first team to get a touchdown in the overtime wins. If nobody gets a touchdown in the first overtime another one will happen and so on.
  
• Which team kicks off {start the game}is determined by a coin toss. The kickoff for the overtime is also determined this way.
  
• When a player with the ball is tackled it is called a down.
  
• There are 4 downs in which the team with the ball must progress 10 yards on the field either running it {running with the ball} or throwing the ball.
  
• There are 100 yards on the field not including the touchdowns.
  
• There can only be 11 players on the field for each team and if their 10 or less or 12 or greater numbers of players on the field this will be a penalty for that team.
  
• There are many reasons for which teams might be charged a penalty. If you do one the team that does it will be charged yards. This means that if the offense is penalized they will have to go back. And if the defense is penalized the offense will get to go forward.
  
• A touchdown is when the team with the ball successfully gets to other side and into the touchdown. They are worth 6 points.
  
• You can always kick the field goal after a touchdown and this is worth 1 point. A field goal is when a kicker kicks the ball successfully through 2 poles. When you’re on offense and it is 4th down you are allowed to go for a field goal without getting a touchdown and if you make it you will get 3 points.
  
• Another choice in the 4th down is that you can try another play and try to finish the ten yards. If you do get the ten yards it will be a first down. If you do not get the rest of the ten yards the ball wherever it is will automatically be given to the other team.
  
• If the defense can put the offense all the way back on the opposite side of the offensive touchdown this is called a safety. You gain 2 points from this and the offense will have to punt it away.