backfield

back·field

 (băk′fēld′)

n.

1. Football

a. The players stationed some distance behind the line of scrimmage: a team with a strong defensive backfield.

b. The positions filled by these players.

c. The area in which these players are positioned.

2. Sports The primarily defensive players on a soccer, field hockey, or Rugby team.

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backfield

(ˈbækˌfiːld)

n

1. (American Football) the backfield (sometimes functioning as plural) the quarterback and running backs in a team

2. (American Football) the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play

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back•field

(ˈbækˌfild)

n.

1. the members of a football team who, on offense, are stationed behind the linemen and, on defense, behind the linebackers.

2. their positions considered as a unit.

[1910–15, Amer.]

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Noun

1.

backfield - the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen back - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage football team, eleven - a team that plays football formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"

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