forward pass
nounDefinition of forward pass
: a pass (as in football) made in the direction of the opponent's goal
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The Yellow Jackets are rebuilding under a first-year coach and looked an awful lot like a program that has for the last decade abandoned the forward pass (things haven’t gotten much better, GT was 7-for-18 passing). — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "No. 1 Clemson Reminds Rest of College Football It Has an All-World Tailback Too," 29 Aug. 2019 Not surprisingly, the 49ers also will find ways beyond the forward pass to get the ball to Samuel. — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, "49ers’ punter Wishnowsky has epic tackle," 20 Aug. 2019 But unlike American football, there is no forward passing. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, "Don’t know anything about rugby? Doesn’t matter. You can still play on the beach this summer.," 2 Aug. 2019 Plans include a 25-second clock between plays — which is 15 seconds less than the NFL, multiple forward passes as long as the players remain behind the line of scrimmage and a creative solution for overtime. — Joe Reedy, The Denver Post, "XFL’s plans for upcoming season starting to take shape," 2 July 2019 Plans include a 25-second clock between plays — which is 15 seconds less than the NFL, multiple forward passes as long as the players remain behind the line of scrimmage and a creative solution for overtime. — Washington Post, "XFL’s plans for upcoming season starting to take shape," 2 July 2019 These gamers sensed that running the ball with your quarterback under center, to obey traditions that dated back to leather helmets and a time when the forward pass wasn’t even legal, was nothing short of lunacy. — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, "The NBA and NFL Have Become Videogames," 6 Nov. 2018 Three decades ago, the game was still rooted in the fundamental philosophies that had existed since the invention of the forward pass. — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, "The Rise of the NFL’s Mediocre Quarterback," 6 Sep. 2018 The University of Michigan’s head football coach has done more to shake up his sport than almost anyone since Knute Rockne revealed the possibilities of the forward pass. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Michigan coach's athlete payment plan to invest in stocks has its holes," 12 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'forward pass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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