Football (3)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Dropping the ball (6)
  2. 4. The chief official who is expected to ensure fair play (7)
  3. 7. An enthusiastic devotee of sports (plural) (4)
  4. 8. The position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage (10)
  5. 11. An enthusiastic and vocal supporter (plural) (12)
  6. 12. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together (plural) (6)
  7. 13. A punishment or disadvantage imposed for breaking a rule. (7)
  8. 14. An intermission between the first and second half of a game (8)
  9. 16. A defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers (10)

Down

  1. 1. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (7)
  2. 2. The team that has the ball and is trying to score (7)
  3. 5. A person who trains an athlete or a sports team. (5)
  4. 6. The person who plays ___ (11)
  5. 9. The act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team (12)
  6. 10. A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate (4)
  7. 15. Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something (4)