onside kick
Example Sentences
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Chicago’s furious comeback involved one of the less likely plays in football in recent years: actually recovering an onside kick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Santa Margarita sparked its second drive with a successful onside kick grounded by Hunter McKinney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
The book also says when to try for a 2-point conversion, whether to attempt an onside kick or to kick deep and how to manage the two-minute warning—nearly everything outside of Xs and Os.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
To start the second half, the Kares pulled off a successful onside kick, leading to a drive that ended with Penunuri punching the ball in from the one-yard line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
Rutgers went on to score a touchdown with 1 minute 23 seconds left and would have had a chance to win the game had it recovered an onside kick snagged by UCLA’s Grant Gray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
