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All-purpose yards or all-purpose yardage is a gridiron football statistical measure. It is virtually the same as the statistic that some football leagues refer to as combined net yards . [ 1 ] In the game of football, progress is measured by advancing the football towards the opposing team's goal line .
That same year, the CFL also moved back its line of scrimmage for one-point converts to the 25-yard line (while moving the scrimmage line for a two-point convert ahead two yards to the 3-yard line), thus making the length for a one-point attempt the same in both the NFL and CFL (taking into account the NFL's goalposts on the end line, and the ...
The CFL and NFL both implemented major changes to how conversions were attempted starting with their respective 2015 seasons. [15] [16] In the CFL, the line of scrimmage for a kick attempt moved back 20 yards to the 25-yard line (for a 32-yard attempt), while the line of scrimmage for a two-point attempt moved forward two yards to the three ...
CFL: 25-yard line for placekick attempts (for a 32-yard attempt), 3-yard line for two-point conversion attempts Amateur Canadian football (all levels): 5-yard line for all attempts Because the goalposts are on the goal line in Canada and the end line in the United States, a CFL kicker is at the same distance from the goalposts as an NFL kicker.
Kick return yards and punt return yards result from voluntary change in possession and most of the others result from involuntary forms of change in possession known as turnovers. Often kick return and punt return statistics are aggregated. and sometimes they are added to yards from scrimmage to yield all-purpose yards. When kick return yards ...
In amateur games, this scrimmage is taken at the opponents' 5-yard line. The CFL formerly ran all conversion attempts from the 5-yard line as well (for a 12-yard kick), but starting in 2015 the line of scrimmage for one-point kick attempts became the 25-yard line (for a 32-yard kick), while two-point attempts are scrimmaged at the 3-yard line. [22]
A banner hung in the Rogers Centre to commemorate Damon Allen breaking the all-time pro football career passing record in 2006. Anthony Calvillo subsequently passed Allen in 2011.
The total of rushing yards and receiving yards is known as yards from scrimmage. [1] This definition of yardage differs from total offense which gives credit for passing yardage to the person throwing the football rather than receiving the football. This is an important statistic for running backs that contribute significantly to the passing ...