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Cdn Football
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a major score, currently valued at six points, achieved when the ball is downed by a player of one team behind the goal-line of the opposing team; also, the act of scoring in this way.
Quotations
1904
The McGill captain, with Pepper hanging desperately to his hips, drags himself over the line and secures a touchdown for McGill.
1958
The two touchdowns, both unconverted, put the Stampeders ahead 12-0. . . .