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touchback
[ tuhch-bak ]
noun
Football.
- a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety ( def 6a ).
touchback
/ ˈʌʃˌæ /
noun
- American football a play in which the ball is put down by a player behind his own goal line when the ball has been put across the goal line by an opponent Compare safety
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There could be some tweaks, though, such as moving touchbacks from the 30-yard line to the 35.
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He recorded just one touchback the entire season.
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Maybe most mind-boggling of all, he has yet to record a touchback through 11 games this season.
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He could have safely downed that one for a touchback, but then again…
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Orange Lutheran picked off three passes on defense, Cuneo making the last on a tumbling interception in the end zone for a touchback with 4:10 left.
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