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Printable football vocabulary worksheet for Grades 6–8 with fill-in-the-blank questions on rules, scoring, and player positions.
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This printable football vocabulary worksheet gives students in 6th–8th grades 15 fill-in-the-blank questions on football rules, scoring, and terminology. Questions cover topics like the field, touchdowns, penalties, and player positions. Includes a provided word bank with 20 words. Useful as a classwork activity, vocabulary review, or sports-unit supplement.

Subject:
Sports & Physical Education
Topic:
Other Sports
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated September 2025

Word Bank

  • Defense
  • Pass interference
  • two
  • flags
  • ten
  • three
  • Line of scrimmage
  • offense
  • possession
  • linebackers
  • Offsides
  • Holding
  • defensive
  • five
  • end zone
  • Touchdown
  • four
  • six
  • Penalty
  • snap

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