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Examples
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Seattle with 1:25 left, calling a first-down pass - and not to the end zone or sidelines.
NYDN Rss 2011
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The Bills have the worst first-down defense in the league, giving up 8.8 yards per first-down pass attempt and 4.6 per first-down rushing attempt.
Week 12: Jets and Giants Predictions (Season Record: 11-8) 2011
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Broncos 13 Chargers 13, 9:00 OT A three and out seems the most likely outcome as Tebow drops back to pass on third and 11, but delivers a strike to Jeremiah Johnson and he was certainly close to the first-down marker as he went to ground.
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Viewers watching at home see virtual bands drawn across the field denoting the lines of scrimmage and the first-down marker, and they can refer anytime to a floating graphic in an upper corner of the screen that displays the score, time remaining, and down and distance.
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He sent Herron diving over the line, and he came down beyond the first-down marker.
Ohio St Avoids 4th Quarter Collapse To Win Sugar Bowl AP 2011
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We'll remember that 602 anti-celebration the next time a hitter stands in the batter's box admiring a third-inning solo homer, a football player makes an elaborate first-down motion after a six-yard completion, or a TV actor gushes over an Emmy like it's a Nobel Prize.
Mariano's Mellow, Even at a Milestone Jason Gay 2011
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But New England's defense is the league's worst, giving up 8.9 yards per first-down pass attempt, while Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco averages a modest-but-not-awful 6.7 yards per pass attempt.
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Graphics superimposed over sports action — most famously, the virtual first-down line in football — have appeared in pools to show world-record paces swimmers are chasing and at the bottom of ski jumps to visually convey the longest jump in a competition.
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Viewers watching at home see virtual bands drawn across the field denoting the lines of scrimmage and the first-down marker, and they can refer anytime to a floating graphic in an upper corner of the screen that displays the score, time remaining, and down and distance.
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He sent Herron diving over the line, and he came down beyond the first-down marker.
Ohio St Avoids 4th Quarter Collapse To Win Sugar Bowl AP 2011
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