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Originally Posted by Fallen Angel
Ok, so let me get this straight then.
Game starts between say Patriots and Giants (first two teams came to mind)
Giants win coin toss so they go first.
They get 4 chances to gain 10 yards and gain 15 (putting them at the 65 yard line) they then get another 4 chances and punt it to the 80 yard line.
Then the Patriots start at their 20 yard line (80 years from the opposite TD zone)?
So regular field goals are worth 3 points and ones after touch downs are 1 point?
Or they could choose to do a conversion and try to get the ball 5 yards to the TD zone again?
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Gonna help u
First of all the field is 100 yards long and "midfield" is at the 50 yard line, so the field is basically like
endzone-10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10-endzone
If one team has 90 yards to go until the other endzone, then they are on their own 10 yard line, and if they are on the other 10 yard line then it is just called the other team's 10 yard line, not the 90 yard line
The game starts with one team kicking the ball off from their side of the field to a dude on the other team who catches it and tries to run it back as far as he can. Where he gets tackled is where his team's offense starts from. It is possible to score a touchdown on the kickoff return.
When the offense starts it is always "first and ten" unless there is some penalty that puts them back a little but don't worry about that. So it is first down and they need ten yards for another first down. If they get five yards, it becomes "second and five." Then say they gain 20 yards, it becomes first and ten again. If it becomes fourth down and they are not in range for a field goal, they usually punt, and again a dude on the other team catches it and tries to run it back. Then the other team goes on offense.