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Kickoff vs Runback - What's the difference?

kickoff | runback |

As nouns the difference between kickoff and runback

is that kickoff is while runback is (american football) the act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff.

kickoff

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • runback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff
  • *{{quote-news, 1936, October 18, , Fifty Yard Runback of Punt Gives Bowdoin 6-0 Win Over Williams, Hartford Courant, page=C4 citation
    • , passage=A fifty yard runback of a punt by Jack Reed in the fourth period gave Bowdoin a 6-0 win over Williams today in a driving rain.}}

    Related terms

    *run back *running back