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special team

(Team Sports / American Football) American football any of several predetermined permutations of the players within a team that play in situations, such as kickoffs and attempts at field goals, where the standard offensive and defensive formations are not appropriate

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football			It was the sixth touchdown of the season scored by the Oregon defense or a special teams unit, and UO coach Chip Kelly has challenged the Ducks to score 10 before the end of the season. Block clears Ducks for takeoff by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The Japanese government Friday set up a special team to study struggling Japan Airline's rehabilitation plan, the transport ministry said. Japan govt team to study JAL rehabilitation plan by AFP / AFP Asian Edition While their stats are ordinary, their ability and skill - yes, skill - to block and tackle on special teams has allowed the likes of Evans, Washington, Alexander and Izzo to carve out a career in professional football. Special players make the cut by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			special operations naval mobile environment team special operations terminal attack controller special operations weather team/tactical element special operations wing special operations-peculiar Special orders Special partner Special partnership Special plea in bar Special pleader special pleading special privilege Special property special purpose Marine air-ground task force special reconnaissance special relativity special relativity theory special school special sense special session special sort special staff Special statute special tactics special tactics team special team special theory of relativity special unloading berth special verdict special waste special weapons Special Weapons and Tactics squad Special Weapons and Tactics team special-equipment vehicle special-needs special-purpose vehicle specialisation specialise specialised specialiser specialism specialist specialist intelligence report specialist knowledge specialist registrar specialistic speciality specialization specialize specialize in specialized			Special Tactics And Rescue Squad Special Tactics and Rescue Team Special Tactics Group Special Tactics Officer Special Tactics Operations Center Special Tactics Squadron special tactics team special tactics team Special Tank Task Force Special Target Area Registration Special Target Area Reporter Special Targeted Applicant Rehabilitation Program Special Tariff Authority Special Task Air Group Special Task Force Special Task Group Special Task Group on Protocol Architecture Special Task Team Special Tax Basis Special Tax Bond Special Tax Bonds Special Tax for Rural Development Special Tax Treatment Control Law Special Taxing District Special Teachers Are Rewarded special team Special Team for Amputation Mobility and Prosthetics/Orthotics Special Team Fumble Recovery for Touchdown special teams Special Teams Unit Special Technical Development Investigation Special Technical Group Special Technical Inspection and Repair Special Technical Instruction Special Technical Operations Special Technical Operations Center special technical operations division Special Techniques Repair Analysis Aircraft Damage Special Technologies and Applications Unit Special Technologies Laboratory Special Telecommunications Action for Regional Development Special Telemetry-Equipped Missile Special Temporary Authority Special Term Special Terminal Benefit Package Special Termination Cost Clause Special Terms and Conditions Special Test Special Test Special Test Equipment Special Test Equipment - Expanded

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