Canadian football
Also known as football, gridiron football
Canadian sport in which opposing teams of twelve players attempt to score by advancing a ball by running, passing and kicking
Key facts
- Nicknames
- Football gridiron
- First played
- November 9, 1861 ; 164 years ago ( 1861-11-09 ) at University College , Toronto
- Contact
- Full
- Type
- Team sport ball game
- Equipment
- Football Football helmet Pads ( shoulder , hip, thigh, knee , tailbone, and optionally elbow pads )
- Venue
- Football field (150 yards (137 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide)
- Glossary
- Glossary of Canadian football
- Country or region
- Canada
- Olympic
- No
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Canadian football positions.jpg
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Canadian football, or simply football, is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.
Canadian and American football have shared origins and are closely related, but have some major differences. Canadian football is played with three downs, goalposts in the front of the end zone, and twelve players on each side. American football has four downs, goalposts in the back of the end zone, and eleven players on each side. Canadian football is also played on a wider and longer field, with deeper end zones.