Worksheets Lesson 1 – Football Rules and Mascots Science of Football Lesson 1 Worksheet

Student Worksheets Lesson 1 – Football Rules and Mascots Science of Football Lesson 1 Worksheet

Use the following numbers to fill in the blanks.

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1. A maximum of ______players on each team can be on the field for each play.

2. A football field is ______yards from one goal line to the other goal line.

3. A field goal is worth ______points.

4. An extra point is worth ______point.

5. A touchdown is worth ______points.

6. A safety is worth ______points.

7. A team gets ______plays to move the ball ______yards to get a first down.

8. “Midfield” is also known as the ______-yard line.

9. There are ______minutes in each quarter of a football game.

10. There are ______football teams in the Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference Football Mascots

Appalachian State Louisiana New Mexico State

Louisiana-Monroe Arkansas State South Alabama

Coastal Carolina Idaho Troy

Georgia Southern Texas State Georgia State

University of Texas - Arlington University of Arkansas - Little Rock

Identify the school name and city of all the teams in the Sun Belt conference

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1. 7. 13.

2. 8. 14.

3. 9.

4. 10.

5. 11.

6. 12.

Use the Sun Belt Location Map to answer the questions below

1. Which Sun Belt member is located the farthest North?

2. Which Sun Belt member is located the farthest South?

3. Which Sun Belt member is located the farthest East?

4. Which Sun Belt member is located the farthest West?

5. How many Sun Belt members are East of the Mississippi River?

6. How many Sun Belt members are West of the Mississippi River?

Use the seating capacity of Sun Belt football stadiums to draw a histogram.

Sun Belt Stadiums Team Name Stadium Name Seating Capacity Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium 24,050 Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium 33,410 Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium 15,000 Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium 25,000 Georgia State Georgia State Stadium 23,000 Idaho Kibbie Dome 16,000 Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field 36,900 Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium 30,427 New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium 30,343 South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium 40,646 Texas State Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium 30,000 Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium 30,420

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1. The length of a football field, including the end zones, is ______yards or ______

feet.

2. The width of a football field is ______yards or ______feet.

3. The perimeter of a football field, including the end zones, is ______feet.

4. The ratio of a football field’s length, including the end zones, to its width in simplest form is

______: ______.

5. The area of a football field, not including the end zones, is ______square yards or

______square feet.

6. The area of one end zone on a football field is ______square yards or ______

square feet.

7. How many full laps around a football field, including both end zones would someone need to

run in order to run at least one mile? ______

8. If sod (grass) is sold for $429 per 500 square feet, how much would it cost to lay enough

sod to cover a football field, including both end zones? ______

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30 FT 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 © Science of Sport Lesson 5 – Geometry 5 Lesson FieldFootball Of A Lesson 6 – Extra Point Percentages Science of Football Lesson 6 Worksheet

Review the “Extra Point Percentages” chart from the 2016 NFL season, and answer the questions below.

Extra Points Extra Points Extra Points Extra Points Extra Points % Team Attempted Made Blocked Missed Made Atlanta Falcons 57 56 0 1 98.2

New Orleans Saints 50 49 1 0 98

New England Patriots 49 46 0 3 93.9

Dallas Cowboys 46 46 0 0 100

Indianapolis Colts 44 44 0 0 100

Green Bay Packers 47 44 0 3 93.6

Arizona Cardinals 47 43 1 3 91.5

San Diego Chargers 46 42 3 1 91.3

Miami Dolphins 42 41 0 1 97.6

Buffalo Bills 45 40 1 4 88.9

Tennessee Titans 41 39 1 1 95.1

Oakland Raiders 39 37 1 1 94.9

Pittsburgh Steelers 37 37 0 0 100

Kansas City Chiefs 39 36 1 2 92.3

Washington Redskins 39 36 0 3 92.3

San Francisco 49ers 34 33 0 1 97.1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 32 0 2 94.1

Denver Broncos 33 32 1 0 97

Carolina Panthers 34 31 2 1 91.2

New York Giants 35 31 0 4 88.6

Detroit Lions 33 31 1 1 93.9

Chicago Bears 32 31 0 1 96.9

Philadelphia Eagles 31 30 0 1 96.8

Jacksonville Jaguars 32 29 0 3 90.6

Seattle Seahawks 35 29 5 1 82.9

Cincinnati Bengals 35 29 0 6 82.9

Baltimore Ravens 27 27 0 0 100

Minnesota Vikings 33 26 1 6 78.8

New York Jets 26 24 0 2 92.3

Los Angeles Rams 23 23 0 0 100

Cleveland Browns 25 23 1 1 92

Houston Texans 25 22 1 2 88

Worksheet Questions

1. How many teams made every extra point kicked? ______

2. Which team had the lowest extra point percentage? ______

3. Which team had the most number of extra point attempts? ______

4. Which team had the least number of extra point attempts? ______

5. Which team had the most extra point attempts blocked? ______

6. How many total extra point attempts were kicked in the 2016 season? ______

7. How many total extra point attempts were made in the 2016 season? ______

8. How many total extra point attempts were blocked in the 2016 season? ______

9. How many total extra point attempts were missed in the 2016 season? ______

10. What percent of extra point attempts were made by all teams combined in the 2016

season? ______

A field goal kicker quite often determines the outcome of a football game, especially if he is accurate from long distances (40 yards or longer). Review the field goal statistics chart below from the 2016 NFL season and answer the worksheet questions.

Field Field Extra Extra Extra Field Goals 0 - 19 20 - 29 30-39 40 - 49 Player Team Goals Goals % 50+ yards Points Points Points % Attempted yards yards yards yards Made Made Made Attempted Made Justin Tucker BAL 38 39 97.4 - 100% 90.9% 100% 100% 27 27 100.0 Nick Novak HOU 35 41 85.4 100% 100% 100% 72.7% 50% 22 25 88.0 Caleb Sturgis PHI 35 41 85.4 - 100% 100% 63.6% 66.7% 30 31 96.8 Matt Bryant ATL 34 37 91.9 - 100% 87.5% 100% 75% 56 57 98.2 Dustin Hopkins WAS 34 42 81.0 - - 100% 85.7% 77.8% 42.9% 36 39 92.3 Steven Hauschka SEA 33 37 89.2 - 84.6% 100% 80% 100% 29 35 82.9 Matt Prater DET 31 36 86.1 - 100% 80% 71.4% 100% 31 33 93.9 Cairo Santos KC 31 35 88.6 - 88.9% 88.2% 85.7% 100% 36 39 92.3 Graham Gano CAR 30 38 78.9 - 100% 81.8% 82.4% 50% 31 34 91.2 Brandon McManus DEN 29 34 85.3 - 100% 100% 77.8% 50% 32 33 97.0 Sebastian Janikowski OAK 29 35 82.9 100% 100% 100% 90.9% 37.5% 37 39 94.9 Wil Lutz NO 28 34 82.4 100% 100% 81.8% 100% 42.9% 49 50 98.0 Jason Myers JAX 27 34 79.4 - 100% 75% 90.9% 58.3% 29 32 90.6 Nick Folk NYJ 27 31 87.1 - 92.3% 90.9% 100% 50% 24 26 92.3 Stephen Gostkowski NE 27 32 84.4 - 100% 77.8% 90% 50% 46 49 93.9 Dan Bailey DAL 27 32 84.4 - - 100% 100% 77.8% 50% 46 46 100.0 Adam Vinatieri IND 27 31 87.1 - 100% 100% 83.3% 77.8% 44 44 100.0 Mason Crosby GB 26 30 86.7 100% 100% 86.7% 83.3% 50% 44 47 93.6 Josh Lambo SD 26 32 81.3 - 100% 92.9% 75% 0% 42 46 91.3 Mike Nugent CIN 23 29 79.3 - 100% 90% 71.4% 0% 23 29 79.3 Ryan Succop TEN 22 24 91.7 100% 100% 100% 100% 60% 39 41 95.1 Roberto Aguayo TB 22 31 71.0 - 100% 86.7% 40% 0% 32 34 94.1 Chandler Catanzaro ARI 21 28 75.0 100% 83.3% 85.7% 75% 50% 43 47 91.5 Chris Boswell PIT 21 25 84.0 - 100% 88.9% 91.7% 0% 36 36 100.0 Cody Parkey CLE 20 25 80.0 - 100% 100% 58.3% 100% 20 21 95.2 Dan Carpenter BUF 19 25 76.0 100% 100% 100% 44.4% 50% 40 45 88.9 Greg Zuerlein LA 19 22 86.4 - 100% 100% 75% 50% 23 23 100.0 Connor Barth CHI 18 23 78.3 - 87.5% 87.5% 75% 33.3% 31 32 96.9 Phil Dawson SF 18 21 85.7 - 100% 100% 77.8% 50% 33 34 97.1 Andrew Franks MIA 16 21 76.2 - 80% 100% 33.3% 50% 41 42 97.6 Kai Forbath MIN 15 15 100.0 - 100% 100% 100% 100% 11 14 78.6 Blair Walsh MIN 12 16 75.0 100% 100% 83.3% 66.7% 50% 15 19 78.9 Josh Brown NYG 11 12 91.7 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 9 9 100.0 Robbie Gould NYG 10 10 100.0 - 100% 100% 100% - 20 23 87.0 Randy Bullock CIN 8 9 88.9 - 100% 100% 66.7% - 9 10 90.0 Patrick Murray CLE 1 2 50.0 - - 100% - 0% 3 4 75.0

Worksheet Questions

1. Which team had the highest overall percentage of field goals made? ______

2. Which team had the lowest overall percentage of field goals made? ______

3. Which team had the most number of field goal attempts? ______

4. Which teams had the least number of field goal attempts? ______and ______

5. Which team had the most number of field goals made? ______

6. Which team had the least number of field goals made? ______

7. Baltimore’s Justin Tucker missed just one field goal all season. From what distance was his missed field goal? ______

8. Use the data in the chart to determine the three best and three worst field goal kickers for the 2016 season and be prepared to justify why you chose each of those kickers.

Three BEST field goal kickers: Three WORST field goal kickers:

______

Description Common Core Standards Scholar athletes analyze data using the • 6.EE.2c Evaluate expressions at specific passer rating formula. values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used Materials in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic 1. Worksheet operations, including those involving whole- 2. Pencil number exponents, in the conventional 3. Calculator order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (order of operations). For example, use the formulas V = s3 and A = 6s2 to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length 1 s = /2 .

Answers Quarterback a b c d PR Carson Palmer (ARI) 1.55 1.02 0.87 1.79 87.2 *Matt Ryan (ATL) 1.99 1.56 1.42 2.05 117.1 **Joe Flacco (BAL) 1.74 0.86 0.60 1.82 83.5 Matthew Stafford (DET) 1.77 1.07 0.81 1.95 93.3 Aaron Rodgers (GB) 1.79 1.06 1.31 2.09 104.2 Andrew Luck (IND) 1.67 1.19 1.14 1.78 96.4 Drew Brees (NO) 2.00 1.18 1.10 1.82 101.7 Philip Rivers (SD) 1.52 1.15 1.14 1.47 87.9 Russell Wilson (SEA) 1.73 1.18 0.77 1.87 92.6 Kirk Cousins (WAS) 1.85 1.28 0.83 1.88 97.2

* Matt Ryan (ATL) had the highest quarterback rating in 2016 with 117.1 . ** Joe Flacco (BAL) had the lowest quarterback rating in 2016 with 83.5 .

According to Wikipedia, “passer rating” (also The NFL passer rating formula includes four known as quarterback rating, QB rating, or variables: completion percentage, yards passing efficiency in college football) is a per attempt, touchdowns per attempt, and measure of the performance of passers, interceptions per attempt. Each of those primarily quarterbacks, in American football variables is scaled to a value between 0 and and Canadian football. There are two formulae 2.375, with 1.0 being statistically average currently in use: one used by both the National (based on league data between 1960-1970). Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football When the formula was first created, a 66.7 League (CFL), and the other used in NCAA rating indicated an average performance, football. Passer rating is calculated using a and a 100+ rating indicated an excellent player’s passing attempts, completions, yards, performance. However, passing performance touchdowns, and interceptions. Since 1973, has improved steadily since then and in 2008 passer rating has been the official formula the league average rating was 83.2 . used by the NFL to determine its passing leader. Passer rating in the NFL is on a scale from 0 to 158.3. Passing efficiency in college football is on a scale from −731.6 to 1261.6.

The four separate calculations can be expressed in the following equations: a = ((COMP/ATT) − .3) × 5 = ______b = ((YDS/ATT) − 3) × .25 = ______c = (TD/ATT) × 20 = ______d = 2.375 − ((INT/ATT) × 25) = ______

where

ATT = Number of passing attempts COMP = Number of completions YDS = Passing yards TD = Touchdown passes INT = Interceptions

If the result of any calculation is greater than 2.375, it is set to 2.375. If the result is a negative number, it is set to zero.

The above calculations are then used to complete the passer rating:

Passer Rating = ((a + b + c + d)/6) × 100 = ______

A perfect passer rating (158.3) requires at least: • 77.5% completion percentage • 12.5 yards per attempt • 11.875% touchdown percentage • No interceptions

Review the 2016 statistics for ten NFL quarterbacks. Based on the statistics, predict which quarterback will have the highest passer rating and the lowest passer rating.

Passer Quarterback Team Comp Att Yds TD INT a b c d Rating Carson Palmer ARI 364 597 4,233 26 14 Matt Ryan ATL 373 534 4,944 38 7 Joe Flacco BAL 436 672 4,317 20 15 Matthew Stafford DET 388 594 4,327 24 10 Aaron Rodgers GB 401 610 4,428 40 7 Andrew Luck IND 346 545 4,240 31 13 Drew Brees NO 471 673 5,208 37 15 Philip Rivers SD 349 578 4,386 33 21 Russell Wilson SEA 353 546 4,219 21 11 Kirk Cousins WAS 406 606 4,917 25 12

Predicted quarterback with highest passer rating: ______

Predicted quarterback with lowest passer rating: ______

Use the Passer Rating formulas to calculate the passer rating for any two of the ten quarterbacks listed above using their given 2016 passing statistics. a = ((COMP/ATT) − .3) × 5 = ______b = ((YDS/ATT) − 3) × .25 = ______c = (TD/ATT) × 20 = ______d = 2.375 − ((INT/ATT) × 25) = ______where

ATT = Number of passing attempts COMP = Number of completions YDS = Passing yards TD = Touchdown passes

Passer Rating = ((a + b + c + d)/6) × 100 = ______

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Scholar athletes start at Cone 1, run 10 yards forward, make a quick right angle at Cone 2, then run 10 more yards to Cone 3. Use a stopwatch to time how long it takes to run the distance. Repeat two more times. Use the median time as the scholar athletes’ final “Down-and-In” time.

Scholar athletes run at a 45-degree angle from Cone 1 to Cone 3. Repeat two more times. Use the median time as the scholar athletes’ final “Slant Pattern” time.

1. Scholar athletes estimate the direct distance from Cone 1 to Cone 3: ______yards

2. Using the “Down-and-In” distance from Cone 1 to Cone 2 to Cone 3 of 20 yards, and their median “Down-and-In” and “Slant Pattern” times, scholar athletes set up a proportion to estimate the distance from Cone 1 to Cone 3:

20 yards “Down-and-In Distance” x = ______yards = x yards “Slant Pattern” time

3. Scholar athletes use the Pythagorean Theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) to determine the actual direct distance from Cone 1 to Cone 3: c = ______yards

4. Explain why the answer to Question 2 is might differ compared to the answer to Question 3.

Throw a football when the target is 5 yards away, 10 yards away, 15 yards away, and 20 yards away (5 times for each distance).

Record the number of times a pass was completed (the football hits the target) when the target was...

1. 5 yards away ______

2. 10 yards away ______

3. 15 yards away ______

4. 20 yards away ______

Draw a dot plot which shows the number of completed passes for each distance and provide a description of the data displayed.

20 Yards 10 Yards

15 Yards 5 Yards

Kick a field goal when the goal posts are 5 yards away, 10 yards away, 15 yards away, and 20 yards away (5 times for each distance).

Record the number of times a field goal was made (the football goes through the uprights) when the goal posts were...

1. 5 yards away ______

2. 10 yards away ______

3. 15 yards away ______

4. 20 yards away ______

Draw a bar graph which shows the number of field goals made for each distance and provide a description of the data displayed.

20 Yards 10 Yards

15 Yards 5 Yards © Science of Sport 53 Lesson 13 – Running Forward vs. Running Backward Science of Football Lesson 13 Worksheet

Each scholar athlete runs forward 10-yard, 20-yard, and 30-yard distances, with their times recorded. They then run backward the same distances. Their forward speed (x) and backward speed (y) are then plotted on a coordinate grid for each distance.

Running Forward Time (x) Running Backward Time (y)

10 yards ______

20 yards ______

30 yards ______

Once the three coordinates are plotted on a coordinate grid, scholar athletes are to draw a line of “best fit” starting at the origin, the point (0, 0). Based on that line, scholar athletes predict their forward and backward time for a 40-yard distance.

Predicted Running Forward Time Predicted Running Backward Time

40 yards ______

Once the prediction has been made, each scholar athlete runs forward 40 yards, then backward 40 yards, and compares the predicted time to the actual time.

Actual Running Forward Time Actual Running Backward Time

40 yards ______

1. Look at the row of numbers below. What number should come next?

8 4 2 1 ½ ¼ ?

2. Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one: true / false / not certain?

The boy plays baseball. All baseball players wear hats. The boy wears a hat.

3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost?

4. How many of the five pairs of items listed below are exact duplicates? Nieman, K.M. Neiman, K.M. Thomas, G.K. Thomas, C.K. Hoff, J.P. Hoff, J.P. Pino, L.R. Pina, L.R. Warner, T.S. Wanner, T.S

5. RESENT | RESERVE • Do these words 1. have similar meanings / 2. have contradictory meanings / 3. mean neither the same nor opposite?

6. One of the numbered figures in the following drawing is most different from the others. What is the number in that figure?

1 2 3 4 5

7. A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds?

8. When rope is selling at $.10 a foot, how many feet can you buy for sixty cents?

9. The ninth month of the year is October / January / June / September / May ?

10. Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount? 7 / .8 / 31 / .33 / 2

11. In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using smaller type, a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in smaller type?

12. The hours of daylight and darkness in SEPTEMBER are nearest equal to the hours of daylight and darkness in: June / March / May / November

13. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $9,000, Y invests $7,000, Z invests $4,000. If the profits are $4,800, how much less does X receive than if the profits were divided in proportion to the amount invested?

14. Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one: true / false / not certain?

Tom greeted Beth. Beth greeted Dawn. Tom did not greet Dawn.

15. A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 23 years old, what will be the age of his sister?