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Touchback

In American football, a touchback is a ruling that is made, and signaled by an official, when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in their end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to travel over the goal line, but did not have possession of the ball when it became dead. Such impetus may be…

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American football, Situations resulting in a touchback & Canadian football

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American football

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Situations resulting in a touchback

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Canadian football

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Six- and eight-man football

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Situations resulting in a touchback

American football

Canadian football

Six- and eight-man football

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Touchback

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples28
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Touchback

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related to Situations resulting in a touchback · 13
Touchback → Examples, However, If, In, It, Like, Texas, The, This, Thus, UFL, USFL, XFL
related to American football · 9
Touchback → All, American, In, NCAA, NFL, Texas, The, The NCAA, The NFL
related to Canadian football · 3
Touchback → If, In Canadian, The
is a · 2
Touchback → opposite of a safety with regard to impetus since a safety is scored when the ball becomes dead in a team's end zone after that team, ruling that is made
related to Six- and eight-man football · 1
Touchback → For

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ball line end zone team football goal possession play kickoff receiving field rule touchbacks kickoffs team's punt awarded kick nfl

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Touchbackis aruling that is made0.90text
Touchbackis aopposite of a safety with regard to impetus since a safety is scored when the ball becomes dead in a team's end zone after that team0.90text
Touchbackrelated to American footballIn0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballAmerican0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballThe0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballNFL0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballNCAA0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballThe NCAA0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballThe NFL0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballAll0.60section
Touchbackrelated to American footballTexas0.60section
Touchbackrelated to Canadian footballIn Canadian0.60section

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