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[[File:PCHS FB.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A [[high school]] football team from Port Charlotte High School in Florida]]

[[File:PCHS FB.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A [[high school]] football team from Port Charlotte High School in Florida]]

'''American Football''' is a professional [[sport]] played predominantly in [[North America]]. A team can score a 6-point [[Touchdown (football)|touchdown]] by carrying the football into the opposing team's [[end zone]]. This can be done by running the ball past the end line (a running play), or passing the ball to a teammate inside the end zone (a passing play). After a touchdown, a team has the choice of kicking the ball through the goalposts for one point, or carrying the ball back into the end zone again for two points. A 3-point [[field goal]] can also be scored by kicking the ball between the [[goalpost]]s in the opposing team's end zone. Finally, a 2-point [[Safety (football)|safety]] can be scored by the defensive team if it stops the offensive team with the ball in its own end zone, if the offensive team fumbles in the end zone, if the quarterback intentionally grounds the ball in the end zone, if a blocked kick goes out of the end zone, or if a ball hits the goalpost such as on a bad snap.

'''American Football''' is a professional [[sport]] played predominantly in [[North America]]. A team can score a 6-point [[Touchdown (football)|touchdown]] by carrying the football into the opposing team's end zone. This can be done by running the ball past the end line (a running play), or passing the ball to a teammate inside the end zone (a passing play). After a touchdown, a team has the choice of kicking the ball through the goalposts for one point, or carrying the ball back into the end zone again for two points. A 3-point field goal can also be scored by kicking the ball between the goalposts in the opposing team's end zone. Finally, a 2-point [[Safety (football)|safety]] can be scored by the defensive team if it stops the offensive team with the ball in its own end zone, if the offensive team fumbles in the end zone, if the quarterback intentionally grounds the ball in the end zone, if a blocked kick goes out of the end zone, or if a ball hits the goalpost such as on a bad snap.

Football is easily the most-viewed spectator sport in the [[United States]], far surpassing [[baseball]].<ref>[http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Documents/NFL_all_about_SB_1-07.pdf Super Bowl XLI Viewership Report]</ref>

Football is easily the most-viewed spectator sport in the [[United States]], far surpassing [[baseball]].<ref>[http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Documents/NFL_all_about_SB_1-07.pdf Super Bowl XLI Viewership Report]</ref>