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Four quarters in a football game
Four quarters of 15 minutes each.
No. They are called quarters because they are one quarter of the game. There are four quarters in an American football game.
A high school varsity football game runs 12 minute quarters. The entire game clock is 48 minutes. In contrast, the college and the pros play 15 minute quarters for a total of 60 minutes.
The first American football game was a college game played in 1869. The National Football League was established in 1920.
... A quarter is the mathematical definition of one fourth of a whole, so obviously four.According to the FIFA Laws of the Game, a football match is played in two equal halves (not quarters). In the event that you're talking about American football, the answer is four--which is actually evident from the word "quarters" regardless of what sport you mean.
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Not as far as college football goes. The Coca Cola Classic college football game was played in Tokyo, Japan between 1986-1993.
No. A standard game of Gaelic football is played over two 35 minute halves. There are shorter time spans in some levels of the game, like 30 minute halves for under 18s matches known as minors, but it is always played in halves, not quarters.
The military bases played the game first.
... A quarter is the mathematical definition of one fourth of a whole, so obviously four.According to the FIFA Laws of the Game, a football match is played in two equal halves (not quarters). In the event that you're talking about American football, the answer is four--which is actually evident from the word "quarters" regardless of what sport you mean.