LAPEER â When it comes to an emergency, the more information a first responder has, the better. Vic Martin, director of Lapeer County Central Dispatch, and Deputy Joe Davis of the Lapeer County Sheriffâs Dept. More...
A six foot end line border marks the back of the end zone. NFL field numbers are 6 feet high and 4 feet wide. NFL fields have a 6â line along the side lines that designate the closest non-players can be to the field. NFL Hash marks are the narrowest of all the levels of football play. They measure 70 feet, 9 inches from the sidelines and are 18 feet, 6 inches wide.
A mile contains 5,280 feet. The standard length of the field used for playing American football is 100 yards, or 300 feet. Dividing 5,280 feet by 300 feet yields 17.6, the number of football fields in a mile. Canadian football is played on a field of a different size, which measures 110 yards, or 330 feet long. A mile could hold 16 Canadian football fields placed end to end.