This article is about a type of football play. For the thoroughbred racehorse, see Forward Pass (horse). For the 1929 film, see The Forward Pass.
A quarterback has just released the ball for a 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. The legal and widespread use of the forward pass distinguishes gridiron football (American football and Canadian football) from rugby football (union and league) from which the gridiron code evolved, in which the play is illegal.
Illegal and experimental forward passes had been attempted as early as 1876, but the first legal forward pass in American football took place in 1906, after a change in the rules. Another rule change on January 18, 1951, established that no center or guard could receive a forward pass, and a tackle may only do so if he announces his intent to the referee beforehand that he will be an eligible receiver, called a tackle-eligible play. The only linemen who can receive a forward pass are the ends (tight ends and wide receivers). The rules regulate who may throw and who may receive a forward pass, and under what circumstances, as well as how the defensive team may try to prevent a pass from being completed. The primary passer is the quarterback, and statistical analysis is used to determine a quarterback's success rate at passing in various situations, as well as a team's overall success at the passing game.
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lateral pass is distinguished from a forwardpass, in which the ball is thrown forward, towards the opposition's end zone. In a lateral pass the ball...
offensive play, and is almost always the offensive player that throws forwardpasses. When the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage, it is called a...
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below. The backward pass has an advantage over the forwardpass: at any step it can choose any term to delete, whereas the forwardpass at each step can...
remaining players (known as "interior linemen") are "ineligible" to catch forwardpasses. Within these strictures, however, creative coaches have developed a...
on offense are entitled to receive a forwardpass: only an eligible pass receiver may legally catch a forwardpass, and only an eligible receiver may advance...
football sports by their use of hard plastic helmets and shoulder pads, the forwardpass, the system of downs, a number of unique rules and positions, measurement...
of scrimmage Only one forwardpass may be made on a play The pass must be made in the direction of an eligible receiver or pass 10 yards after the line...
After moving to Saint Louis University, Robinson threw the first legal forwardpass in the history of American football on September 5, 1906, at a game at...
A Hail Mary pass is a very long forwardpass in American football, typically made in desperation, with an exceptionally small chance of achieving a completion...
first in the south to throw a legal forwardpass in 1906. The following season saw Vanderbilt execute a double pass play to set up the touchdown that beat...
player at any position who throws a forwardpass, not just to quarterbacks. Before the development of the passer rating, the NFL struggled with how to...
pass interference (PI) is a foul that occurs when a player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to make a fair attempt to catch a forward pass...
build an offense around the forwardpass, which became a legal play in the 1906 college football season. Using the forwardpass, Cochems' 1906 team compiled...
eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs. Later rule changes legalized the forwardpass, created the neutral zone, and specified the size and shape of the football...
sidelines), farthest away from the rest of the offensive formation. A forwardpass-catching specialist, the wide receiver is one of the fastest players...
at rebounding and in some instances, a power forward with a high basketball IQ could also be a great passer, particularly from the high or low post areas...
them. Every pass is classified as either a forwardpass or a lateral pass, depending on the direction the ball travels. pass attempt pass interference...
Garden. Wood later became one of the first professional players to catch forwardpasses when they became legal in 1906. Wood had a brief, but memorable, stint...
Philadelphia Athletics, claimed to have invented the overhead spiral forwardpass while playing professional football as a player-coach for the team in...
the hike spot, of down-and-distance rules, and of the legalization of forwardpass and blocking. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gameplay developments...
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