Guildford read the pass and was able to knock it backwards, but Wales still had great field position as the clock ran down.

BBC: Wales 12-19 New Zealand

The football database covers five years and more than 500, 000 plays and includes such information as score, clock time, down distance, field position, time-outs left and weather.

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Manning, seeing what was happening, thought for a moment that the Giants should decline the invitation to score, run another play to wind down the clock, and then kick a field goal.

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There is an implicit covenant between the NFL and its fans that the games are fair, that they are played based on a set of explicit rules, that there is a level playing field and that there is, at least with 15:00 on the clock before the first quarter, a chance that either team on the field can win the game.

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But turn back the clock 150 years and African Americans ruled the field -- when the Kentucky Derby first launched in 1875, 13 of the 15 jockeys were black.

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The All Blacks selected a strong line-up in anticipation of a closely-fought encounter, but such was their total dominance they could allow the faultless Carter and captain Richie McCaw to leave the field before an hour had elapsed on the clock.

BBC: Scotland 3-49 New Zealand

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But after going without a field goal from the 10:56 mark to 5:16 showing on the game clock, the Wildcats regrouped, pounced on some sudden sloppiness by North Carolina and closed out the half on a 14-3 spree to go into halftime trailing only 37-29.

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