DCHP-3

single (point)

Cdn Football
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a play in which the team receiving a punt behind its own goal line is unable or unwilling to carry the ball back into the field of play, thus conceding a point to the opposition.

Quotations

1958
Gary Shreider kicked two converts and Ron Quillian booted a single.
1966
Capozzi listed seven major rules differences between the Canadian and the U.S. games [including] single point if punt not run out of end zone. . . .