onside kick
noun
: a kickoff in football in which the ball travels just far enough to be legally recoverable by the kicking team
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The only way the kicking team can recover an onside kick that doesn’t go 10 yards is if the other team touches the ball first.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
The Broncos recovered the next onside kick and scored consecutive TDs of their own to end all doubt.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 23 Nov. 2025
Fairview shocked Creek with a subsequent onside kick, which Tommy Bauer recovered at the Creek 35.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
Canyon Hills chose an onside kick despite its defense holding Hoover scoreless.
—Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
The Broncos recovered the next onside kick and scored consecutive TDs of their own to end all doubt.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 23 Nov. 2025
Fairview shocked Creek with a subsequent onside kick, which Tommy Bauer recovered at the Creek 35.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
Canyon Hills chose an onside kick despite its defense holding Hoover scoreless.
—Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Onside kick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onside%20kick. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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