A dead ball in American football is a condition that occurs between football plays, after the player with the football has run out of bounds or after he is down by contact. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A play from scrimmage is the activity of the games of Canadian football and American football during which one team tries to advance the ball or to score and the During the time in which a ball is dead, a team may not attempt to advance it and no change of possession can take place.

See also

• Glossary of American football

The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the Glossary of Canadian football.

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