red zone

noun

: the area of a football field inside an opponent's 20-yard line

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The Patriots got down inside their red zone, but went backwards on a 3-yard loss by TreVeyon Henderson and again on a 1-yard sack when Maye ran out of bounds. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025 Jacksonville was 4 for 5 in the red zone against the league's best red zone defense. CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025 The Broncos showed that an erratic Bo Nix cannot bail out a defense that allowed four red zone touchdowns. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025 Just kind of our red zone philosophy has changed a little bit. Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for red zone

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of red zone was in 1972

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“Red zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20zone. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.

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