{"id":461,"date":"2011-09-14T04:48:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T08:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/?p=461"},"modified":"2011-09-14T04:48:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T08:48:34","slug":"american-football-simplified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/2011\/09\/14\/american-football-simplified\/","title":{"rendered":"American Football Simplified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A football field is 100 yards long. There is a Goal Post at each end of the field, in the End Zone, one for each team. A Football<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-460\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/wct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2011\/09\/Football-players.gif\" alt=\"Football players\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/> Game is made up of 60 minutes of play time. The 60 minutes is divided into four Quarters of 15 minutes each. 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