coffin corner
noun
: one of the corners formed by a goal line and a sideline on a football field into which a punt is often aimed so that it may go out of bounds close to the defender's goal line
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The majesty of a coffin corner punt.
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Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
Bailey did some pre-practice work on his coffin corner kicks.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021
The easy solution is to not even get to the coffin corner.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
The Steelers tried to use a coffin corner-style kickoff to pin the Cowboys deep after an unnecessary roughness penalty on Dallas gave Pittsburgh 15 fewer yards to cover on the kickoff.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2020
What has happened to the strategy of the coffin corner punt in the NFL?
—Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
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Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
Bailey did some pre-practice work on his coffin corner kicks.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021
The easy solution is to not even get to the coffin corner.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
The Steelers tried to use a coffin corner-style kickoff to pin the Cowboys deep after an unnecessary roughness penalty on Dallas gave Pittsburgh 15 fewer yards to cover on the kickoff.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2020
What has happened to the strategy of the coffin corner punt in the NFL?
—Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
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“Coffin corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin%20corner. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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