How to Use touchback in a Sentence

touchback

noun

• The ball rolled into the end zone and out of bounds for a touchback.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2021
• Each coach had his kicker boom the ball out of the end zone for a touchback.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021
• The ball bounced out of bounds in what could have been a fumble, touchback and turnover.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
• If it’s downed, it will be ruled a touchback and go to the 20-yard line.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• Oviedo recovers in the end zone for a touchback.
  — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
• That’s five yards in front of the old mark, 10 yards ahead of the old, old touchback.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
• Michigan fans, of course, believe it should have been ruled as a touchback.
  — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
• The ball bounced out of the back of the end zone, resulting in a touchback and a turnover.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
• And Bailey had two punts go into the end zone for a touchback.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• Oviedo recovers the ball for a touchback.
  — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
• Every kickoff with the wind for both teams in the first half sailed through the end zone for a touchback.
  — G Smith, NOLA.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• The football went out the back of the end zone, resulting in a touchback.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 27 Sep. 2020
• Balls that enter the end zone on the fly can be returned or taken for a touchback.
  — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• The ball went though the back of the end zone for a touchback, turning the ball back over to Troy.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2021
• The play was ruled a touchback and the Chiefs offense got the ball at the 20.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
• Pittsburgh got the ball at its 35 after a touchback.
  — CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
• The fumble should have been a touchback and a turnover; instead, the offense scored on the next play.
  — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2018
• To sprinkle salt on the fresh wound, it was ruled the ball was recovered in the end zone for a touchback.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• The score was ruled a touchback and the ball was given to the Patriots.
  — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2017
• Trent McDuffie then fell on the football in the end zone for a touchback.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• The ball bounced into the end zone and the Irish recovered for the touchback.
  — David Brandt, ajc, 1 Jan. 2022
• Of his six punts, three went for touchbacks, and two others went for 30 and 32 yards.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Patriots get the ball at the 50, go 3 and out, punt, touchback.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
• Punt is a touchback, and the Colts will start from their 20 with 6 minutes left.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2020
• The new penalty for a typical touchback is the ball is placed on the 30-yard line.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
• The committee also ruled that teams will now get the ball at the 35-yard line on a touchback.
  — Ben Morse and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
• The other was 52 yards but for a touchback, dropping 20 off the net.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• That’s a big stop for the Steelers, who will takeover after a touchback on the punt with a chance to take the lead.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
• Of his 61 kickoffs, 56 were touchbacks.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
• Kicks that reach the end zone in the air and go out of bounds or sail past the end zone will result in a touchback at the 30.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024