field goal
noun
1
: a score of three points in football made by drop-kicking or placekicking the ball over the crossbar from ordinary play
2
: a goal in basketball made while the ball is in play
Examples of field goal in a Sentence
He kicked a 20-yard field goal.
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Touchbacks: Touchbacks for kickoffs have been moved from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, incentivizing the kicking team to keep the ball in play or have to deal with their opponents being a short trip away from reaching field goal range.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Trubisky answered back in an end-of-game situation with his unit down 1 point, hitting two passes of 20-plus yards that helped set it up for a go-ahead field goal for its game simulation.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Play ended with Dobbs’ orchestrating a two-minute drill that resulted in a 32-yard field goal from veteran kicker Parker Romo, and Maye tossing his second pick of the night.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Jameis Winston delivered strikes to wideout Zach Pascal to get his third-string offense into field goal territory trailing by three points and ended up settling for a field goal after several end zone shots fell incomplete.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Trubisky answered back in an end-of-game situation with his unit down 1 point, hitting two passes of 20-plus yards that helped set it up for a go-ahead field goal for its game simulation.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Play ended with Dobbs’ orchestrating a two-minute drill that resulted in a 32-yard field goal from veteran kicker Parker Romo, and Maye tossing his second pick of the night.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Jameis Winston delivered strikes to wideout Zach Pascal to get his third-string offense into field goal territory trailing by three points and ended up settling for a field goal after several end zone shots fell incomplete.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for field goal
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“Field goal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20goal. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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