Rectangular surface (53.3 x 120 yards) covered with natural or synthetic grass on which a football game is played; a game consists of four 15-minute quarters.
See playing field for American football in : french | spanish
yard line
The solid lines at five-yard intervals that mark the distance from the goal line; at the start of a game, the ball is kicked off from the thirty-yard line.
inbounds line
The broken lines marking off yards; the lines and inbounds lines mark the line of scrimmage when play resumes.
end line
Line marking the far extremity of the end zone; the white area behind the goal is not part of the playing field.
end zone
Zone in which a touchdown (six points) is scored when a player crosses it in possession of the ball.
