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How Many Quarters Are In College Football? – American Football Rules

Every American Football game (youth, high school, college, and professional) consists of four quarters. In college and professional leagues, each quarter lasts 15 minutes, with breaks in between them—the breaks after the first and third quarters last 2 minutes and a halftime of 12 minutes.

Youth league quarters are 8 minutes long; in high school, they advance to 12 minutes, and ultimately to 15 in college and the NFL.

After the first and third quarters, the team that had possession of the ball last in the previous quarter retains it, setting the stage for their offensive or defensive strategies in the following quarter.

After the half-time break, the second half of the game starts as the first, with the kickoff.

How Many Minutes Are In a Football Quarter? – American Football Rules

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An American Football game is divided into four quarters, each lasting 15 minutes. These quarters are separated by 2-minute breaks, and there’s a 12-minute halftime break between the second and third quarters.

Advanced American Football leagues, such as college and NFL, have quarters that last 15 minutes. High school football has 12-minute quarters, while youth league has 8-minute quarters.

Each game has an active play time of about an hour, while the whole experience can last longer. They usually exceed three hours in the professional and college leagues. That is because of the breaks between the quarters, the permitted three timeouts that every team has each half, and the clock stopping by the referee every time the play goes out of bounds or an incomplete pass is made.

How Does Tiebreak Work In Tennis?

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If the final set results in a 6-6 tie, players proceed to play a tiebreaker set. The player who returned the serve in the last game is the first one to serve. After the first point, the players then compete by serving two consecutive points until one reaches seven points with a two-point lead over the opponent.

The set can last as long as needed for players to determine a winner.

A 7-point tiebreaker set is played when the game count is a tie during a set, and a 10-point tiebreaker is played when both sides are tied in the final set.

In a tiebreaker, the players switch sides every six points. This rule is in place to ensure fairness, considering weather conditions that are outside their control, such as wind and sun exposure. By switching sides, both players have an equal chance to adapt to these conditions.

In 2022, the 10-point rule was applied to cap the length of the game, for the battle for the last set can last indefinitely. The rules are identical to the 7-point tiebreaker. The players serve two consecutive times until one of them breaches the 10 points with a margin of two points. If the tie occurs in the tiebreaker (9-9 or 10-10), the players continue to serve until one acquires the advantage of two points, emerging victorious.