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A pass is about to be caught by Larry Fitzgerald while a defender tries to stop the pass. The player is near the end zone and could score a touchdown after catching the pass.

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron,^{[nb 1]} is a team sport. It is played by two teams with 11 players on each side. American football is played with a ball with pointed ends. Points are scored in many ways, usually by one team getting the ball into the end zone of the other team. The game started in the late 19th century as college football, an American version of rugby football.