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Football is a PURE American sport invented in November 1869 on a flat plot of ground.Football is played on a field 360 by 160 feet.The longer boundary lines are sidelines,while the shorter boundary lines are end lines.Each team has 11 players on the field at a time.Usually there are more players off the field.The players include:

Offense: Includes linebackers and the quarterback.

Quarterback's goal: throwing or running the ball into the end zone.

Linebacker's goal: To successfully catch the ball and avoid getting tackled.

Defense: Includes defensive linemen.

Main Goal: To tackle the quarterback and steal the ball.

Other goals:

To push linebackers out of bounds.

To tackle linebackers.

Special Teams: Goal: To block the ball from entering the goal and run the ball to the other end zone for 2 points.

Scoring:

1 Touchdown (getting to the end zone): 6 points

1 Extra point for kicking the ball into the goal after a touchdown

1 Field Goal (kicking the ball into the goal on 4th down):3 points

1 Safety (When one of the defensive team's player runs randommly into their own end zone.):2 points to the attacking team

Come to a South Carolina Game!We have a really nice stadium! :)

Sorry if this didn't help Harry.Football is a little more advanced than this...look it up on Wikipedia!

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the part used not for the sideline is about 110 football yards (in football 1 step is a yard+ 5 yards in each inzone the part were the big yellow goal post is any were in it it a touch if your in the correct one and you have the ball. the side lines are were the rest of the team is.

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