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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 .
A typical lineup for an extra point, from the pre-2015 distance, in a 2007 NFL game between the New England Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. The conversion, try (American football), also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, extra point, two-point conversion, or convert (Canadian football) is a gridiron football play that occurs immediately after a touchdown.
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.
CFL annual passing yards leaders by season Season Player Yds Team 1950: Lindy Berry: 2,201† Edmonton Eskimos: 1951: Jack Jacobs: 3,248† Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 1952: Jack Jacobs (2) 2,586 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1953: Jack Jacobs (3) 1,924 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1954: Sam Etcheverry: 3,610† Montreal Alouettes: 1955: Sam Etcheverry (2) 3,657 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"Hash marks" are painted in white, parallel to the yardage lines, at 1 yard (0.9 m) intervals, 24 yards (21.9 m) from the sidelines under amateur rules, but 28 yards (25.6 m) in the CFL. On fields that have a surrounding running track , such as Molson Stadium and many universities , the end zones are often cut off in the corners to accommodate ...
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