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How many yards across a football field?
A football field across is 53.3 yards.
What is the area of the football field in yards?
5, 330 yards
Was the width of the goal posts for professional football ever changed?
The original American football field was 70 yards wide, but that was long before the days of the NFL. The width of the NFL field has never changed, because the standard width of 53 1/3 yards was in place before the league came into existence.
Is a football field 300 yards?
No. It is 100 yards. It is 300 feet.
Why is a football field 53.3 yards and not for example 50 or 55 yards wide?
The football field is 160 feet wide. When converted into yards (dividing 160 by 3, 3:1) one gets 53.3 yards!
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