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Lateral pass

In gridiron football, a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward pass in American football and onside pass in Canadian football), also called a pitch or a flip, occurs when the ball carrier throws or hands the football to a teammate in a direction parallel to or away from the opponents' goal line. A lateral pass is distinguished from a forward pass…

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Lateral pass

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples44
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
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Lateral pass

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related to Multiple lateral passes · 18
Lateral pass → Big Game, Cal, California, December, However, In, Jacksonville Jaguars, John Carney, New Orleans Saints, NFL, River City Relay, Saints, Stanford, Stanford Band, Stanford's, The, The Play, With
related to One lateral pass · 18
Lateral pass → As Moss, Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Daunte Culpepper, Denver, Denver Broncos, In October, Minnesota Vikings, Moe Williams, Music City Miracle, NFL, Randy Moss, Tennessee Titans, The, This, Vikings, Williams, With
related to history · 4
Lateral pass → Both, NFL, The, This
related to Rules · 4
Lateral pass → Additionally, Backward, Unlike, While

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Lateral passrelated to historyThe0.60section
Lateral passrelated to historyBoth0.60section
Lateral passrelated to historyNFL0.60section
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Lateral passrelated to Multiple lateral passesThe Play0.60section
Lateral passrelated to Multiple lateral passesBig Game0.60section
Lateral passrelated to Multiple lateral passesStanford0.60section
Lateral passrelated to Multiple lateral passesCalifornia0.60section
Lateral passrelated to Multiple lateral passesCal0.60section
Lateral passrelated to Multiple lateral passesStanford Band0.60section
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