face mask penalty

English

Noun

face mask penalty (plural face mask penalties)

  1. (American football) A penalty in American football where one player grabs the face mask of an opposing player. There are two versions of this penalty: incidental face mask penalty and the more serious personal foul face mask penalty.
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