touchback
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- noun
- /ˈtʌtʃˌbæk/
- Jargon
- The player kicked the ball into the end zone, resulting in a touchback and starting the next play from the 25-yard line.
- touchback kickoffs
- zone for a touchback
- end zone for touchbacks
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Examples
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... Hauschka's kick soars into the end zone and it's a touchback.
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Fields gets it up for a high punt that lands 57 yards away in the end zone for a touchback.
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The play resulted in a touchback and a huge break for the Pokes.
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Now Hauschka kicks it off, and the ball flies through the end zone for a touchback.
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The Redskins started this drive on the 20 after a touchback, meaning the first-down marker was exactly at the 30.
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After the touchback, the defense stuffed a slipping Doug Martin run.
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His kickoffs routinely land in or out of the end zone for touchbacks.
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Carpenter kicks it off, and Washington grabs it in the back of the end zone, stepping backward for the touchback.
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While he's been doing all that, he's ninth in touchbacks with 29 after his career best had been nine.
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But Andre Williams fumbled the ball into the end zone, where it was recovered by Darius Kilgo for a touchback.
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Etymology
Touchback is a simple combination of touch ('to make contact') and back ('to move something to an earlier place'). In American football it means the ball 'touches' the end zone and is then brought 'back' to a set spot, so the team starts its play there.