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The known rules of american football

In the NFL matches of American football, the game is divided into four quarters of fifteen minutes each. Two quarters make, half time and there is a break of twelve minutes between two halves. There is also a break of two minutes between two quarters that is between first and second quarters and then the third and fourth quarters. At the end of first and the third quarters the team having the ball will head for the start. The offensive team is penalized if they do not start the game within forty seconds from stop of the play.

The game stops as soon as the ball goes out of the boundary and the clock also stops at the improper pass resulting in foul by any team. The clock starts again as the ball is kicked from the boundary inwards by the offensive team. There are eleven players in ach team at any given time. Each team is divided into three groups. The group possessing the ball is termed as offence. The other group that defends the ball is known as Defense. The third group is that comes only during the kicking period that is field goals, punts and kick offs.