forward pass
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Which is how it quickly instituted some of the most notable shifts in the way the game is played since the adoption of the forward pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Each forward pass strengthens the wave, while each backward pass weakens it.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2026
Already, Tipping is as allergic to subtlety as a forward pass right down the middle on the 50-yard line — or whatever football play would be a really obvious one.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
Kurt-Lee Arendse scampered into the corner, only to be called back for an Aphelele Fassi forward pass.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
Yet it is interesting to note that these are the very teams that have had no adequate forward pass defense.
From The Forward Pass in Football by Berry, Elmer
