Editing Play from scrimmage (section)

{{Short description|Sequence of play in gridiron football}}

A '''play from scrimmage''' is the sequence in the game of [[gridiron football]] during which one team tries to advance the ball, get a first [[Down (gridiron football)|down]], or score, and the other team tries to stop them or take the ball away.  Once a play is over, and before the next [[American football plays|play]] starts, the football is considered [[dead ball (football)|dead]].  A game of American football (or Canadian Football) consists of many (about 120–150) such plays.