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Line of Scrimmage

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football

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Variants

synonym
scrimmage line
plural
Line of Scrimmages
possessive
Line of Scrimmage's
pluralpossessive
Line of Scrimmages'