Sentence examples for kickoff up from inspiring English sources

* NFL owners vote to move the kickoff up to the 35-yard line from the 30.

At that time, the NFL moved kickoffs up five yards to the 35-yard line in an attempt to make them safer.

The Browns used a pop-up kickoff to set up their first touchdown and scored their second on a gadget play: on first down at the New England 11, Joshua Cribbs took a snap at quarterback and handed the ball to receiver Chansi Stuckey, who lined up behind Cleveland's right guard and then took off toward the left corner.

His 94-yard return on the opening kickoff set up a field goal by Shayne Graham.

A short kickoff set up a 50-yard scoring drive by Buffalo that cut the lead to 35-10.

But Cleveland seized it right back on a 100-yard return by Joshua Cribbs, who muffed the kickoff, picked up the ball and took off on a twisting sprint down the right sideline.

"I'm a New York rider," he said yesterday at Gallagher's Steak House in Manhattan in the kickoff leading up to the 133rd running of the Triple Crown's final leg.

That loss of field position and touchdowns allowed on kickoffs added up to over 2 points per game last season and while Jeff Reed still has a weak leg, the coverage teams look much better and that should result in a point or two per game in field position.

The Raiders' Lammar Houston forced a fumble on the overtime kickoff to set up Sebastian Janikowski's winning kick in a 26-23 win over the Jaguars.

The day began under gray skies, but spears of sunlight burnt off the clouds as supporters surged into area surrounding the stadium hours before the 3 p.m. kickoff to soak up the familiar sights and smells of the season: the bellowing cries of fanzine vendors, the more discreet calls of ticket scalpers, the smell of frying onions wafting from the burger vans.

The N.F.L. has stiffened penalties for hits to the head, moved kickoffs up 5 yards last season in an attempt to reduce the violent collisions that can occur on the play and in December instituted a policy requiring an independent trainer to attend each game to aid in identifying concussions.