backfield

back·field

B0011700 (băk′fēld′)n.1. Football a. The players stationed some distance behind the line of scrimmage: a team with a strong defensive backfield.b. The positions filled by these players.c. The area in which these players are positioned.2. Sports The primarily defensive players on a soccer, field hockey, or Rugby team.

backfield

(ˈbækˌfiːld) n1. (American Football) the backfield (sometimes functioning as plural) the quarterback and running backs in a team2. (American Football) the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play

back•field

(ˈbækˌfild)

n. 1. the members of a football team who, on offense, are stationed behind the linemen and, on defense, behind the linebackers. 2. their positions considered as a unit. [1910–15, Amer.]

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backfield - the offensive football players who line up behind the linemenback - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmagefootball team, eleven - a team that plays footballformation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"