scrimmage line
Example Sentences
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Mildren faded just behind the scrimmage line on the next play and found Harrison again, the split end grabbing the ball just inside the 5 and racing over.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Unable to remember the plays, the boy was called offsides — crossing the scrimmage line before the ball was snapped — six or seven times in a row in a single game, his father said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
Teddy pots it over the top of the scrimmage line and there we go.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2015
Map America, and the Mason-Dixon line looks quaint compared to the scrimmage line.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2013
It is an anxious moment for the 'Varsity captain, for any serious weakening of the scrimmage line is disastrous to the morals of a team.
From The Prospector by Ralph Connor
