History

by Chris

The Main Page

Football is an exciting team sport played mostly in the United States and Canada. It is played by elementary school, high school, college, and professional teams and anywhere they want to play. There's even a football league in Europe.

In the United States, football is played by two teams of 11 players each. Canadian teams have 12 players. Each team tries to score points, mainly by running or passing plays that move the football across the other team's goal line. This would be a touchdown. During a game, possession of the ball shifts from team to team. The team with the ball is the offensive team. The other team is the defensive team. The defensive team tries to prevent the offense from making a touchdown. Football is played on a level area 120 yards long and 53 yards wide.

There are several differerent styles about football. Three of these things are touch football, flag football and tackle football. Touch and flag football reduce the chance of people getting hurt. In touch football, a play ends when a defensive player touches, rather than tackles, the ball carrier. In flag football, a play ends when a defensive player pulls a Velcro flag on a belt.

Football came from the United States. It began to develop during the 1800's. The sport grew out of soccer and Rugby.

Each player wears a helmet held in place with a chin guard. The helmet has a face mask. Under their uniforms, the players wear shoulder pads, hip pads, thigh pads and knee pads.

The field is divided up with lines. There are yardlines, or hash marks, and sidelines. All of plays in football start with a ball between or on the hash marks. If a play ends out of bounds, the ball is placed on the nearest hash mark for the next play.

The uniform. The shirt, which is called a jersey, has the player's number and his last name sewn on the back for identification by the officials and spectators or in case there is a penalty. In most cases, the players wear jerseys and pants of different colors. The uniforms fit tightly so that opposing players cannot easily grasp them when trying to block or tackle.

This page was updated by Chris 3/11/99

Fun Stuff

History

CCF

E-mail us

The Main Page	Football is an exciting team sport played mostly in the United States and Canada. It is played by elementary school, high school, college, and professional teams and anywhere they want to play. There's even a football league in Europe. In the United States, football is played by two teams of 11 players each. Canadian teams have 12 players. Each team tries to score points, mainly by running or passing plays that move the football across the other team's goal line. This would be a touchdown. During a game, possession of the ball shifts from team to team. The team with the ball is the offensive team. The other team is the defensive team. The defensive team tries to prevent the offense from making a touchdown. Football is played on a level area 120 yards long and 53 yards wide. There are several differerent styles about football. Three of these things are touch football, flag football and tackle football. Touch and flag football reduce the chance of people getting hurt. In touch football, a play ends when a defensive player touches, rather than tackles, the ball carrier. In flag football, a play ends when a defensive player pulls a Velcro flag on a belt. Football came from the United States. It began to develop during the 1800's. The sport grew out of soccer and Rugby. Each player wears a helmet held in place with a chin guard. The helmet has a face mask. Under their uniforms, the players wear shoulder pads, hip pads, thigh pads and knee pads. The field is divided up with lines. There are yardlines, or hash marks, and sidelines. All of plays in football start with a ball between or on the hash marks. If a play ends out of bounds, the ball is placed on the nearest hash mark for the next play. The uniform. The shirt, which is called a jersey, has the player's number and his last name sewn on the back for identification by the officials and spectators or in case there is a penalty. In most cases, the players wear jerseys and pants of different colors. The uniforms fit tightly so that opposing players cannot easily grasp them when trying to block or tackle. This page was updated by Chris 3/11/99
Fun Stuff
History
CCF
E-mail us