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FootballBasic rules:
You get 4 plays (1st down, 2nd down, 3rd down, 4th down) to move 10 yards. If you move 10 yards in 4 plays, you get a first down (another 4 plays to try to get 10 yards). This repeats until any of five things happen:
1. You score a touchdown by running or passing the ball into the end zone (6 points). After a touchdown, you can kick an extra point (1 point) or go for a 2 point conversion (2 points).
2. You kick a field goal (3 points)
3. You punt the ball to the other team (This is done on 4th down if it is, say, 4th down and 3 yards to go. When you punt it, the other team catches it and wherever they are tackled is where they get the ball. The point is you are giving them worse field position (putting them further away from scoring). If you don't punt on 4th down and, say, you don't get the 3 yards I just mentioned. The other team gets the ball where it is at the end of that play.
4. The last thing that can happen is you can turn the ball over. Fumbles happen when someone carrying the ball drops it. If they recover it, play resumes as if there was no fumble. If the other team recovers the ball, it is their first down wherever the ball is. An interception occurs when the defense catches a pass from the offense, and possession (who is trying to score) changes.
5. Finally, a safety can occur when you are trying to move the ball up the field but are tackled in the end zone behind you (the one you're not trying to make it to). This gives your opponent 2 points and then they get the ball too.
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