DCHP-2

single (point) Cdn Football DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• n.

  a play in which the team receiving a punt behind its own goal line is unable or unwilling to carry the ball back into the field of play, thus conceding a point to the opposition.

  See also: rouge ((n.))  

  • 1958  Gary Shreider kicked two converts and Ron Quillian booted a single.
  • 1966  Capozzi listed seven major rules differences between the Canadian and the U.S. games [including] single point if punt not run out of end zone. . . .