yard line
nounDefinition of yard line
: any of a series of marked or imaginary lines one yard apart on a football field that are parallel to the goal lines and that indicate the distance to the nearest goal line
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The drive took eight minutes, 43 seconds off the clock and included two fourth-down conversions, including a fourth-and-7 from the Coral Gables’ nine yard line. — John Peery, orlandosentinel.com, "Apopka defeats Coral Gables to open Jeff Rolson regime," 31 Aug. 2019 After the Bruins reached Cincinnati’s five-yard line on their opening possession, Thompson-Robinson rolled out to his left searching for a receiver in the end zone. — Los Angeles Times, "The Sports Report: Season opener does not go well for UCLA," 30 Aug. 2019 Having had success all night defensively, Loara opted to go for it on fourth and goal at the Estancia five-yard line with two minutes remaining. — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, "Estancia football shut out by Loara in opener," 29 Aug. 2019 The Monarchs’ defense, led by junior linebacker Raesjon Davis, stopped Centennial drives at the four- and two-yard lines. — Los Angeles Times, "Mater Dei routs Centennial in season opener," 23 Aug. 2019 Though the Spartans were unable to capitalize on 37- and a 39-yard field goal attempt early on in the final quarter, the La Cañada defense forced a fumble on its 23 yard line with 3:03 left to turn the tide. — La Cañada Valley Sun, "La Cañada rallies to nonleague victory over Hacienda Heights Wilson in season opener," 22 Aug. 2019 The Raiders had the ball at the Bucs’ seven-yard line. — Peter King, SI.com, "Raiders are Scary and Good," 1 Nov. 2016 East responded by driving to the West 30 yard line, but the West held on fourth down. — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, "St. Elizabeth Health East-West All-Star football win icing on the cake for Dayton senior," 6 June 2019 After a 26-yard pass to tight end Arthur Lynch, the Bulldogs faced first-and-goal from the Alabama eight-yard line with 10 seconds remaining and no timeouts. — Andy Staples, SI.com, "The Decade of Alabama-Georgia Games That Built Toward a National Championship Meeting," 5 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yard line.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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