Interception, the Glossary
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team but caught by a player of the team on defense, who thereby usually gains possession of the ball for their team.[1]
Table of Contents
103 relations: Aaron Rodgers, American football, Asante Samuel, Association football, Atlanta Falcons, Australian rules football, BAFA National Leagues, Baltimore Ravens, Barron Miles, BC Lions, Bernie Kosar, Birmingham Bulls (American football), Blocking (American football), Brett Favre, Brian St. Pierre, Bud Grant, C. J. Stroud, Canadian football, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Carolina Panthers, Champ Bailey, Charles Woodson, Cleveland Browns, Competition, Corey Webster, Dak Prescott, Damon Allen, Danny McManus, Darren Sharper, Defensive back, Denver Broncos, Ed Reed, Edmonton Elks, Eric Berry, Football, Forward pass, Gaelic football, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Houston Texans, Jameis Winston, James Harrison (American football), Kansas City Chiefs, Kurt Warner, Larry Highbaugh, Less Browne, Lester Hayes, Linebacker, Lineman (gridiron football), List of ball games, List of NFL individual records, ... Expand index (53 more) »
- Canadian football terminology
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).
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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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Asante Samuel
Asante T. Samuel Sr. (born January 6, 1981) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL).
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. Interception and Association football are Association football terminology.
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Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.
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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
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BAFA National Leagues
The BAFANL (BAFA National Leagues) is the primary American football domestic league competition in Great Britain.
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Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore.
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Barron Miles
Barron Miles (born January 1, 1972) is a former professional Canadian football player who played for 12 years in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Bernie Kosar
Bernard Joseph Kosar Jr. (born November 25, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).
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The Birmingham Bulls are an American football team based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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In American football, blocking or interference (or running interference) involves legal movements in which one player uses his body to obstruct another player's path. Interception and blocking (American football) are American football terminology.
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Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers.
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Brian St. Pierre
Brian Fuller St.
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Bud Grant
Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) was an American professional gridiron football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).
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C. J. Stroud
Coleridge Bernard "C.
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Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.
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The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates achievements in Canadian football.
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Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Champ Bailey
Roland "Champ" Bailey Jr. (born June 22, 1978) is an American former football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL).
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Charles Woodson
Charles Cameron Woodson (born October 7, 1976) is an American former football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons with the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers.
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Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland.
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Competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game).
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Corey Webster
Corey Jonas Webster (born March 2, 1982) is a former American football cornerback who played for the New York Giants.
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Dak Prescott
Rayne Dakota Prescott (born July 29, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).
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Damon Allen
Damon L. Allen (born July 29, 1963) is a former professional Canadian football quarterback.
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Danny McManus
Danny McManus (born June 17, 1965) is a former professional American football and Canadian football quarterback who passed for over 53,000 yards in seventeen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Darren Sharper
Darren Mallory Sharper (born November 3, 1975) is an American convicted serial rapist and a former football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons.
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Defensive back
In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage.
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Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver.
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Ed Reed
Edward Earl Reed Jr. (born September 11, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL), spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Ravens.
Edmonton Elks
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Eric Berry
James Eric Berry (born December 29, 1988) is an American former football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL).
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Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal.
Forward pass
In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. Interception and forward pass are Canadian football terminology, rugby league terminology and rugby union terminology.
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Gaelic football (Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or football, is an Irish team sport.
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston.
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Jameis Winston
Jameis Lanaed Winston (born January 6, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL).
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James Henry Harrison Jr. (born May 4, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).
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Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Kurt Warner
Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals.
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Larry Highbaugh
Larry Highbaugh (January 14, 1949 – March 21, 2017) was an American defensive back who played with the BC Lions from 1971 to 1972 and the Edmonton Eskimos from 1972 to 1983 of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Less Browne
Less Browne (born December 7, 1959) is a former gridiron football defensive back who played in the United States Football League (USFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Pittsburgh Maulers (USFL), Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders and the BC Lions.
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Lester Hayes
Lester Craig Hayes (born January 22, 1955) is an American former professional football cornerback who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
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Linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Interception and Linebacker are American football terminology and Canadian football terminology.
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In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.
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List of ball games
This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points.
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List of NFL individual records
This is a list of the records in the National Football League (NFL) set by individual players.
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Malcolm Butler
Malcolm Terel Butler (born March 2, 1990) is an American former football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons.
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Matt Schaub
Matthew Rutledge Schaub (born June 25, 1981) is an American former football quarterback who played for 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis.
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Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec.
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area.
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New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans.
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New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
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New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
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Night Train Lane
Richard Lane (April 16, 1928 – January 29, 2002), commonly known as Dick "Night Train" Lane, was an American football cornerback who played for 14 years in the National Football League (NFL).
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Nottingham Caesars
The Nottingham Caesars are an American football team based in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, who operate in the BAFA National Leagues NFC South 1, the second level of British American football.
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Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Offside (rugby)
In rugby football, the offside rule prohibits players from gaining an advantage from being too far forward. Interception and offside (rugby) are rugby league terminology and rugby union terminology.
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Paul Krause
Paul James Krause (born February 19, 1942) is an American former football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins.
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Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.
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Ray Lewis
Raymond Anthony Lewis Jr. (born May 15, 1975) is an American former football linebacker who played his entire 17-year career for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).
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Rod Hill
Rodrick Hill (born March 14, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).
Rod Woodson
Roderick Kevin Woodson (born March 10, 1965) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons.
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Rodney Harrison
Rodney Scott Harrison (born December 15, 1972) is an American former football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons with the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots.
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Ronde Barber
Jamael Orondé "Ronde" Barber (born April 7, 1975) is an American former football cornerback who spent his entire 16-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football.
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Russell Wilson
Russell Carrington Wilson (born November 29, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Safety (S), historically known as a safetyman, is a position in gridiron football on the defense.
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Sammy Knight
Sammy D. Knight, Jr. (born September 10, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL).
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San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL).
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San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Screen pass
A screen pass is a play in gridiron football consisting of a short pass to a receiver who is protected by a screen of blockers.
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Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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Steal (basketball)
In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by their positive, aggressive action(s). Interception and steal (basketball) are basketball terminology.
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Stickum
Stickum is a trademark adhesive of Mueller Sports Medicine, of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, United States.
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States.
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Super Bowl XLIII
Super Bowl XLIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champions Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2008 season.
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Super Bowl XLIX
Super Bowl XLIX was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2014 season.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida.
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Team sport
A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a single-player endeavour.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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Tight end
The tight end (TE) is an offensive position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football.
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Touchdown
A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Interception and touchdown are American football terminology and Canadian football terminology.
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Tracy Porter
Tracy O'Neil Porter (born August 11, 1986) is a former American football cornerback.
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Ty Law
Tajuan Edward "Ty" Law (born February 10, 1974) is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots.
Washington Commanders
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.
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Wide receiver
A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. Interception and wide receiver are Canadian football terminology.
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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2016 NFL season
The 2016 NFL season was the 97th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 51st of the Super Bowl era.
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2018 NFL season
The 2018 NFL season was the 99th season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 53rd of the Super Bowl era.
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2023 NFL season
The 2023 NFL season was the 104th season of the National Football League (NFL).
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See also
Canadian football terminology
- All-purpose yardage
- Conversion (gridiron football)
- Dead zone (gridiron football)
- Double coverage
- Down (gridiron football)
- Dual-threat quarterback
- Eligible receiver
- End zone
- Field goal
- Flat (gridiron football)
- Flying kick (football)
- Forward pass
- Fumble
- Glossary of Canadian football terms
- Goal line (gridiron football)
- Halfback (Canadian football)
- Hash mark (sports)
- Incomplete pass
- Interception
- Kickoff (gridiron football)
- Kickoff specialist
- Line of scrimmage
- Linebacker
- Onside kick
- Passer rating
- Place kick
- Play clock
- Practice squad
- Quarterback sack
- Quick kick
- Records for safeties in football
- Red zone (gridiron football)
- Return yards
- Route (gridiron football)
- Safety (gridiron football score)
- Shotgun formation
- Single (football)
- Slotback
- Spearing (gridiron football)
- Three-minute warning
- Toe punt
- Touchback
- Touchdown
- Touchdown celebration
- Trips formation
- Turnover on downs
- Two-point conversion
- Wide receiver
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interception
Also known as Intercept (football), Intercepted, Intercepting, Interception (American football), Interception (football), Interception (gridiron football), Interception returned for touchdown, Interceptions, Interceptions (football), Pick 6 (American football), Pick 6 (football), Pick Six (American football), Pick Six (Football), Pick sixes, Pick-six, Pick-sixes, Pick-two.
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