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Touchdown facts for kids

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Vince Young scores a touchdown in the 2005 Big 12 Championship Game
Texas Longhorn quarterback Vince Young (center top of picture), rushing for a touchdown.

A touchdown is a common way of scoring in American and Canadian football. A team gets a touchdown by the person with the ball running across the line of the goal, or catching the ball while past the line of the goal. In American and Canadian football, a touchdown gives the team 6 points. The team also gets a chance to score 1 or 2 more points in what is called an extra point.

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  • Touchdown -- Texas High School vs Highland Park High School first-round playoffs

    A player from Texas High School crosses the goal line with the ball during a game against Highland Park High School to score a rushing touchdown worth six points.

  • D'Andre Goodwin scores TD at Washington at Cal 2010-11-27

    A touchdown celebration

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