Nathan Hock
Mrs. Cox
English 10
18 September 2017
History of Football
November 6, 1869 the first american college football game ever played. The History of American Football it something not many people think about in their everyday lives, so this research paper is to inform others about football history. Some main point that are going to be explained are, Who started it, Rules of the game and their evolution, and How the equipment has changed. The founder of football was Walter Camp. Walter Camp took rugby and soccer, and made the great game we all know football. Walter Camp took the game of rugby and make some rule changes to it and add some things from soccer to make football. Walter Camp lived from April 7, 1859 to March 14, 1925. …show more content…
You have four down in which you have to get 10 yards or it’s a turn over, and on fourth down team sonetime punt the ball away down field. At the start of the game one team kick off (by kicking the ball down to the other team’s end zone) to the other team to start. Once they have the ball after the kick of the team that received the ball has four down to go 10 yards and if they fail to do so the team that is defending they gets the ball where they left off. The team that has the ball(the offense) can not hold the other team, can’t move be for the ball had been snapped, they also can’t intentionally throw the ball at the ground or way. The team the is defending(the defense)can’t grab the other teams face mask, grab the offence’s team by the collar and pull them down, can’t be off sides of the ball be for the ball has been snapped. For punting otherwise know as special teams, they can’t touch a free kick(a free kick is the defence team catching the ball free of being takle). Same as the offence and defence they can’t be on the opposite side of the ball before it has been snapped, and in result what ever team moved first gets pust back 5 yards as there penitale. The penalty they get can be from 5, 10, and 15 yards depending on what they did to get that penalty, some examples are, blocking below the waste is a 15 yard penalty, blocking in the back is a 10 yard penalty, and delaying the game is a
Mrs. Cox
English 10
18 September 2017
History of Football
November 6, 1869 the first american college football game ever played. The History of American Football it something not many people think about in their everyday lives, so this research paper is to inform others about football history. Some main point that are going to be explained are, Who started it, Rules of the game and their evolution, and How the equipment has changed. The founder of football was Walter Camp. Walter Camp took rugby and soccer, and made the great game we all know football. Walter Camp took the game of rugby and make some rule changes to it and add some things from soccer to make football. Walter Camp lived from April 7, 1859 to March 14, 1925. …show more content…
You have four down in which you have to get 10 yards or it’s a turn over, and on fourth down team sonetime punt the ball away down field. At the start of the game one team kick off (by kicking the ball down to the other team’s end zone) to the other team to start. Once they have the ball after the kick of the team that received the ball has four down to go 10 yards and if they fail to do so the team that is defending they gets the ball where they left off. The team that has the ball(the offense) can not hold the other team, can’t move be for the ball had been snapped, they also can’t intentionally throw the ball at the ground or way. The team the is defending(the defense)can’t grab the other teams face mask, grab the offence’s team by the collar and pull them down, can’t be off sides of the ball be for the ball has been snapped. For punting otherwise know as special teams, they can’t touch a free kick(a free kick is the defence team catching the ball free of being takle). Same as the offence and defence they can’t be on the opposite side of the ball before it has been snapped, and in result what ever team moved first gets pust back 5 yards as there penitale. The penalty they get can be from 5, 10, and 15 yards depending on what they did to get that penalty, some examples are, blocking below the waste is a 15 yard penalty, blocking in the back is a 10 yard penalty, and delaying the game is a