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Forward pass

In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. The legal and widespread use of the forward pass distinguishes gridiron football (American football and Canadian football) from rugby football (union and league) in which the play…

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Gridiron football

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Other football codes

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Forward pass

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Triples129
Avg. degree1.99
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related to First pass in a professional game · 26
Forward pass → According, Before, Citing, Dan Policowski, Dan Riley, February, George, Massillon, Mountain Staters, National Football League, NFL, October, Ohio League, Ohio Tigers, Parratt, Peggy, Peterson, Pigskin The Early Years, Pro Football, Professional Football Researchers Association
related to First legal pass · 24
Forward pass → Bellevue, Carroll College, Cochems, College Football Hall, David, Eddie Cochems, Fame, Football, In, Jack Schneider, Most, Nelson, October, Ohio, On September, Robinson, Robinson's, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis University's Bradbury, September
related to New style of play · 21
Forward pass → Cochems, December, Eastern, Ed Wray's Globe-Democrat, Hackett, Harvard, He, Horatio, Iowa, Iowa's, It, Louis, Louis University, Nelson, St, Stuffy, The, The St, Timekeeper Walter McCormack, West Point's Lt
related to Early illegal and experimental passes · 16
Forward pass → Bell Tower Chime, Bob Quincy, Carolina's, Georgia, However, North Carolina, Oliver Thompson, Passes, Princeton, Princeton's, The, The University, They Made, University, Yale, Yale's Walter Camp
related to Knute Rockne · 13
Forward pass → After, Army, Cedar Point, George Gipp, Gus Dorais, Jesse Harper, Knute Rockne, Lake Erie, Notre Dame, Ohio, Sandusky, That, The
related to Other football codes · 9
Forward pass → Australia, Australian, Australians, Austus, Gaelic, Historically, In, United States, World War II
related to Gridiron football · 7
Forward pass → An, If, In, It, That, The, This
related to Change in ball shape · 4
Forward pass → American, Increased, Specification, This
related to External links · 4
Forward pass → Forward, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Rugby football · 4
Forward pass → In, Normally, This, Unlike

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Forward passis athrowing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move0.90text
Forward passrelated to Change in ball shapeSpecification0.60section
Forward passrelated to Change in ball shapeAmerican0.60section
Forward passrelated to Change in ball shapeIncreased0.60section
Forward passrelated to Change in ball shapeThis0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesThe0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesPasses0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesYale0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesPrinceton0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesYale's Walter Camp0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesOliver Thompson0.60section
Forward passrelated to Early illegal and experimental passesPrinceton's0.60section

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