field goal
Example Sentences
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If the Chargers protect the ball and finish drives instead of settling for field goals, they can keep Houston from dictating the tempo.
From Los Angeles Times
Home team kicks a field goal to win it.
From Los Angeles Times
The Rams fire Chase Blackburn after the Rams missed a potential winning field goal and gave up a touchdown on a punt return in a loss to the Seahawks.
From Los Angeles Times
This month, after the storybook comeback of a 44-year-old grandfather was undone by a late-game field goal, we saw Mr. Rivers once more in tears.
Early in the game, the Crimson Tide fell behind by two touchdowns and a field goal, and a raucous Sooners crowd was making flight plans for the Rose Bowl.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
