In American football, a backward pass is a pass thrown backwards instead of forwards.
In American football and Canadian football a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward A lateral pass is distinguished from a forward pass, in which the ball is after taking the snap, to quickly transfer. The Canada football is not the NFL. That's what I asked.
Frank Tripucka of the Denver Broncos has the distinction of having thrown the first touchdown pass in the American Football League's history (to Al Carmichael on Sep. 9, 1960 at Boston).
Lionel Taylor of the Broncos and Oilers holds the American Football League's record for career pass receptions with 567.
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The term for defensive player catching opposing team's pass is an interception.
In American Football, if a player has one foot out of bounds when he catches the football, he is out of bounds. If he has is in bounds when he catches the football then he caught it and it is a completed catch. If the player goes out of bounds and comes back in bounds and catches the football it is still an incomplete pass. However, if he was knocked out of bounds or if the ball was tipped, it may be a completed pass. The rules keep changing at all levels of the game.
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In American Football, players normally use their hands to hold or pass the ball. Kicking the ball is not normally done except in certain circumstances.
In American football, when a defender catches a forward pass from the offense, it is called an interception.
A sack is when the quarterback is tacked behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to pass the ball.
A lateral is a pass that is thrown sideways to or behind the player that throws the pass. This is the opposite of a 'forward pass' which is a pass thrown downfield, or in front of, the player that throws the pass. American football rules state that only one forward pass can be thrown per play. However, there is no limit as to the number of lateral passes that can be thrown per play.