# Football fields as measurement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711 "2014-04-22T20:20:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/41 "2014-04-24T19:15:40Z")

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> [@gnoitall](#):
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> Wait til Tater hits watermelon-size! :eek: (We can all hope for a small watermelon.)

Some lady in Boston had a 14 pounder recently. That’s some watermelon.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/42 "2014-04-24T20:30:57Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> Damn. Forgot about that weird centerline extra ten yards in the middle.

Centreline.

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**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/43 "2014-04-25T02:20:09Z")

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> [@bump](#):
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> Hail is commonly described, at least in North Texas, in terms of sports balls and produce.

And currency. Dime and Quarter size hail is pretty common, though oddly I don’t recall ever hearing any described a nickel sized.

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**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/44 "2014-04-25T03:56:11Z")

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The standard in the past was an acre. Since no one farms anymore, the new description is a football field. It is familiar and easy to understand. Other countries use the same convenient descriptions.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/45 "2014-04-25T06:21:07Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> Explosive force (asteroids, volcanoes, unusually powerful farts, etc.) is X times the Hiroshima bomb.

Another explosive unit is the Mt St Helens.

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**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/46 "2014-04-25T07:41:47Z")

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> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> Wow, that’s a tiny field. And oddly shaped.

Well some there is a form of football that is played on an oval, and one of the best known football fields in NZ is known as “the cauldron” …

So make of it what you will…

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**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fields-as-measurement/686711/47 "2014-04-25T08:37:47Z")

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The Cauldron is Lang Park in Brisbane, a league ground.

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