goal line
noun
: a line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area on which a goal or goalpost is situated
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Andrews is no longer a high-catch receiving option for Baltimore, but the Ravens have a long history of featuring their tight ends, especially at the goal line (18 TDs in 2024 – 7 TDs over 12 games this year).
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Shawn Childs, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Things got crazy in the second half, as on the Vikings’ opening drive of the half, Dillon O’Brien ran for a 55-yard play right up to the eight-yard line, and then South Shore Tech fumbled at the goal line, causing the Crusaders to take it at the one-yard line.
—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Then Andrews zoomed past a defensive lineman in the pocket, hit the hole, trucked a different Eagles linebacker near the goal line and barreled into the end zone.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
Herbert drove the Chargers to the Raiders’ 2, but a pass intended for McConkey was intercepted at the goal line.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
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Shawn Childs, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Things got crazy in the second half, as on the Vikings’ opening drive of the half, Dillon O’Brien ran for a 55-yard play right up to the eight-yard line, and then South Shore Tech fumbled at the goal line, causing the Crusaders to take it at the one-yard line.
—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Then Andrews zoomed past a defensive lineman in the pocket, hit the hole, trucked a different Eagles linebacker near the goal line and barreled into the end zone.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
Herbert drove the Chargers to the Raiders’ 2, but a pass intended for McConkey was intercepted at the goal line.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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