Category:American football terminology

• Glossary of American football

1

• 12th man (football)

A

• A-11 offense

B

• Ball (gridiron football)
• Blocking (American football)
• Blutarsky
• Bump and run coverage

C

• Carry (gridiron football)
• Chain crew
• Completion (American football)
• Air Coryell

D

• Dicker-rod
• Double coverage
• Down (gridiron football)
• Dual-threat quarterback

E

• Eligible receiver
• End zone

F

• Fair catch
• Fair catch kick
• False start
• Field goal
• Field goal range
• Film session
• Flat (football)
• Fumble

G

• Gatorade shower
• General manager (American football)
• Goal (sports)
• Goal line (gridiron football)

H

• Hand-off
• Hash marks
• Huddle
• Hurry-up offense

I

• Incomplete pass
• Instant replay in American and Canadian football
• Interception

K

• Kickoff (gridiron football)

L

• Line of scrimmage
• Linebacker

M

• Marty Ball
• Motion (gridiron football)
• Muffed punt

N

• Neutral zone (gridiron football)

O

• Off-tackle run
• Offensive backfield
• Oklahoma drill
• Option offense

P

• Pass attempt
• Pass deflected
• Passing pocket
• Penalty (gridiron football)
• Play clock
• Play from scrimmage
• Practice squad
• Pump fake
• Punter (football)

Q

• Quarterback kneel
• Quarterback sack
• Quarterback scramble

R

• Reception (gridiron football)
• Running out the clock
• Rush (gridiron football)

S

• Safety (gridiron football score)
• Shoot the gap
• Sidelines
• Similarity score
• Snap (gridiron football)
• Spread offense
• Stiff-arm fend
• Stunt (gridiron football)

T

• Tackle (football move)
• Tampa 2
• Third quarterback rule
• Three-point stance
• Tie (draw)
• Time-out (sport)
• Touchback
• Touchdown
• Touchdown celebration
• Touchdown pass
• Triple-threat man
• Tuck rule
• Turnover (gridiron football)
• Two-A-Days (football)
• Two-minute warning

V

• Veer

W

• Walk-on (sports)
• West Coast offense

Y

• Yards after catch
• Youth system