|
|
Definition of Line of scrimmage
1. Noun. Line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football. "The runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage"
Definition of Line of scrimmage
1. Noun. (American football) Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Scrimmage
Literary usage of Line of scrimmage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by by Walter Camp, National Collegiate Athletic Association (1915)
"RULE IX. the side holding the ball shall be on the line of scrimmage. A player
shall be considered to be on the Player on line of scrimmage if he has both ..."
2. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"(e) The man who first receives the ball when it is snapped back shall not carry
the ball forward beyond the line of scrimmage unless he has regained it ..."
3. Football for Player and Spectator: By Fielding H. Yost . . by Fielding Harris Yost (1905)
"If not more than six men are on the line of scrimmage one man of those not on
... The line of scrimmage is an imaginary line parallel to the goal line and ..."
4. American Football by Charles Dudley Daly (1921)
"The position of the ball with respect to the distribution is of no consequence,
provided that it is placed along the line of scrimmage so that the runner is ..."
5. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"(c) The player who first receives the ball when the scrimmage is within the
above-mentioned territory, may carry it forward beyond the line of scrimmage, ..."
6. The Forward Pass in Football by Elmer Berry (1921)
"Between the twenty-five yard lines seven players of the offense were required on
the line of scrimmage and the first man receiving the ball from the ..."
Other Resources:
