How to Use fair catch in a Sentence

fair catch

noun

• Yes, Chaparral called for a fair catch after a punt, allowing Johnson to boot the field goal for the win with no pass rush.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Michael Turk kicked 45 yards to a fair catch at the Utes' 8-yard line.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, 19 Oct. 2019
• Don’t block anybody and fair catch it and take it at the 25.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2021
• The Hawkeyes had to punt one more time, downing the ball on a fair catch at the IU 34.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2019
• Chark fair caught punts on the nine-, six- and seven-yard lines.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• The rookie downed punts at the 1-yard line, 2-yard line, and forced a fair catch at the 15-yard line.
  — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2019
• But his next punt was a boomer, 52 yards in the air leading to a fair catch.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• Of the 21 punts that were not touchbacks, USC has called for a fair catch five times.
  — Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• Allen's first punt traveled 37 yards and was fair caught at the 10-yard line.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Mario Williams signaled for a fair catch, but fumbled the ball out of bounds at the 1.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Jan. 2023
• So high that someone could have called for a fair catch.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
• The Vols have forced 11 fair catches and downed six kicks inside the 20-yard line.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 31 Oct. 2019
• Later, Lamb called for a fair catch in the fourth quarter.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2020
• Under the new proposal, teams could fair catch those kicks and still get the ball at the 25.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2023
• Dante Pettis had two punt returns for 1 yard and a fair catch at the 10-yard line.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• Hardman hurt the Chiefs again by failing to call a fair catch on a punt downed at their 3.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• The drive was kept alive on a muffed fair catch by Syracuse's Sean Riley.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2017
• One punt went out of bounds and Davis had a fair catch on another.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2019
• The highlight was a 52-yard boomer that resulted in a fair catch.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 22 Sep. 2019
• Jackson had called for a fair catch on the play, but juggled the ball and grabbed it out of the air just as Drosos hit him.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• Eighteen of his punts were fair caught, while eight were downed inside the 20-yard line.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], AL.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• Nyheim Hines calls for a fair catch late, isn't in position and muffs the punt.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2021
• Devin McCourty could have called for a fair catch on that play.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• And that's why Maulet, a Bonnabel High graduate, was so glad Reynolds didn't call for a fair catch.
  — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• That ball was in the air so long that McMorris could have signaled for a fair catch.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2021
• Cal goes three-and-out, and the Bears punt it back to the Beavers, who take over at their own 30 after Trevon Bradford’s fair catch.
  — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
• The first downs have all dried up, as has Marcus Jones’s ability to call for a fair catch.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• Winston signaled for a fair catch when Oweh was still over 10 yards away.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• The muffed punt, which South Alabama’s Caullin Lacy tried to field on a fair catch inside his 10.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2021
• Once the ball is received — a fair catch is allowed but unlikely if the ball is kicked past the 25 — the clock unfreezes.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024