field goal
noun
1
: a score of three points in football made by drop-kicking or placekicking the ball over the crossbar from ordinary play
2
: a goal in basketball made while the ball is in play
Examples of field goal in a Sentence
He kicked a 20-yard field goal.
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Lutz has made 61 of 68 field goal attempts (and 75 of 77 extra points) in his two seasons in Denver and has been remarkably consistent in doing so.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
Oklahoma City also held the Pacers to only 41.4% shooting on field goals.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 June 2025
But Mabrey, the team’s leading scorer, finished just 2-for-10 and didn’t make a field goal in the second half.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Kicker Jake Moody missed nine field goals over the last nine games in 2024.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
Oklahoma City also held the Pacers to only 41.4% shooting on field goals.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 June 2025
But Mabrey, the team’s leading scorer, finished just 2-for-10 and didn’t make a field goal in the second half.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Kicker Jake Moody missed nine field goals over the last nine games in 2024.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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“Field goal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20goal. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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