A pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage in a forward direction, toward the opponent's goal.
Example sentencesExamples
After 18 minutes they were held up on the line and moments later only a forward pass stopped them pulling ahead.
On one occasion Lee inexplicably threw a forward pass under no pressure and was swiftly replaced, Paterson moving to full-back with Dan Parks coming on at stand-off.
First, get somebody behind center who can complete the forward pass with some regularity.
Rockne, the Notre Dame football coach, popularized the forward pass in 1913.
Pressured to distraction, Hawks produced more knock-ons, forward passes, dropped passes, passes into space and aimless kicks than they did in the last two seasons combined.
Definition of forward pass in US English:
forward pass
noun
American Football
A pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage in a forward direction, toward the opponent's goal.
Example sentencesExamples
First, get somebody behind center who can complete the forward pass with some regularity.
On one occasion Lee inexplicably threw a forward pass under no pressure and was swiftly replaced, Paterson moving to full-back with Dan Parks coming on at stand-off.
After 18 minutes they were held up on the line and moments later only a forward pass stopped them pulling ahead.
Pressured to distraction, Hawks produced more knock-ons, forward passes, dropped passes, passes into space and aimless kicks than they did in the last two seasons combined.
Rockne, the Notre Dame football coach, popularized the forward pass in 1913.