The situation in which an offensive team gets a first down within ten yards of the goal line, and thus cannot advance for another first down.
Example sentencesExamples
- They had two bad snaps on drives where they had goal to go.
- NFL teams had thrown the ball 17 times on a goal to go.
- But with goal to go, he had a pass nearly intercepted.
- The Big Red drove down the field to open the third quarter and had goal to go on the Post eight yard line.
- The Patriots were magnificent until they had goal to go at their 2 yard line.