downfield meaning

Adjective: downfield  'dawn'feeld

1. Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
   "he threw to a downfield receiver"

Adverb: downfield  'dawn'feeld

1. Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
   "he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards"

See also: down

Encyclopedia: Downfield Downfield, Dundee

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1. he's got a man open deep downfield
2. stolen away and kicked way downfield
3. Then an ineligible receiver downfield penalty snuffed out another Arizona drive.
4. Hostetler did have receivers open downfield, but usually overthrew them.
5. I wanted to keep heading downfield as much as I could.