Yard lines Yard lines, at intervals of 5 yards, run parallel to the goal lines and are marked across the field from sideline to sideline. These lines stop 8 inches short of the 6-foot solid border in the NFL. Yard lines give players and fans an idea of how far a team must advance the ball in order to record a first down. As Chapter 3 explains in detail, an offensive team must gain 10 yards in order to post a first down. Consequently, every 10 yards, starting from the goal lines, the field is numbered in multiples of 10. In the NFL, the bottoms of these numbers are placed 12 yards from each sideline. The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, and one 50-yard line are 2 yards in length. All these lines and numbers are white.
Hash marks Hash marks mark each yard line 70 feet, 9 inches from the sidelines in the NFL. Two sets of hash marks( each hash is 1 yard in length) run parallel to each other down the length of the field and are approximately 181 ⁄ 2 feet apart. When the ball carrier is either tackled or pushed out of bounds, the officials return the ball in-bounds to the closest hash mark to where it’ s spotted. Punted balls that go out of bounds are also marked on the nearest hash
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So hopefully now you have a better understanding of the field that the Surge will be taking to in the game against the Manchester Titans