Downs in a sentence

In its scoreless second half, Vandy’s possessions went as follows: punt, interception, fumble, turnover on downs, turnover on downs, turnover on downs.

Arizona was pretty average on standard downs (72nd in Standard Downs S&P+) but repeatedly let opponents off the hook (119th in Passing Downs S&P+).

Snow drifts have led to Island Roads closing the road at East Ashey Road to The Downs Road and Brading Downs at Bully’s Hill to Mersley Downs.

There have always been ups and downs, but San Francisco’s “downs” are not as severe as in many other communities.

Two of the 12 dead at the Downs, Parents Pride and Chasing Artie, were trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. Sure, he's been permanently suspended from Churchill Downs after the two deaths, but he was previously suspended in for doping-related concerns.

But the issues went deeper than just third downs — Notre Dame faced an average distance of 7.9 yards on third downs compared to just 4.2 yards for Northern Illinois and averaged just 3.9 yards per attempt on first-down passes.

Chicago was just 3-for-11 on third downs (27.3%) and had only 13 first downs.

Despite giving up multiple first downs, the defense forced the Bulldogs to turn the ball over on downs once again.

The Rebels went 8-for-12 on third downs and 1-for-1 on fourth downs in the game.

Ann attended Downs Public Schools and graduated from Downs High School in 1960.

Basically they’ll have a running downs back and a passing downs back.

Boyd had four catches on the game-winning drive—all on third and fourth downs that all went for first downs.

She is preceded in death by her daughter Dorothy Bernice Hall and siblings; James Raley Downs, Sister Bernice Downs, Virginia Gray, Mary Annette Guy, Ethel Hitte and Catherine Madel.

A change of possession can occur "on downs", if the offensive team fails to achieve a first down or a touchdown in a specified number of consecutive attempts, known as " downs " (four in American football; three in Canadian football).

Academic Leif-Eric Easley noted Vice Marshal Ri is the perfect example of the strategy: "Ri Yong Gil is a longstanding member of North Korea’s military elite, who before making it to the top, experienced ups and downs during his career.

According to Rhys Roberts, the past two decades had been a "rollercoaster ride with many ups and some downs.

Added Subbaswamy, “in any town-gown relationship, there are bound to be ups and downs.

A defensive holding call gave them an extra set of downs, and then kicker Harrison Butker redeemed himself for an earlier miss with his game-winning kick.

After a field goal stretched Dallas’ lead to 13 points, the Commanders failed on back-to-back fourth downs and threw a pick-six to fuel a 45-10 Cowboys win that stretched Washington’s losing streak to three games.

After converting a couple of third downs, Wake Forest started driving once again, looking to stay on pace heading into halftime.