Football, explained by the numbers
The rules
nobody can
actually explain.
Short, sourced explainers on how American football really works — the rules, the origins, and the numbers that quietly broke the game. Every claim links to where it came from.
- 2
- Fouls in one game for an automatic ejection
- 10
- Seconds removed with no snap
- 15
- Yard penalty for leaping the line of scrimmage
- 15
- Yards between the two kickoff touchback spots
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60 explainers
One a day
One football fact
worth repeating.
No scores, no hot takes, no predictions. One sourced thing you did not know, short enough to read standing up.
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