2012 Ranger Football Playbook

Hole Numbers

ODD NUMBERS EVEN NUMBERS

C G TTE T G TE

2 4 6 81357

In a Right and Left formation, the ‘H’ is tagged.He can go toward the strong side (strong, short, split)Or toward the weak side (weak, wing, wide)Notice the strong words begin with ‘s’ and the weak words begin with ‘w’.

No tagStrongWeak

Short SplitWide Wing

A typical call might be ‘RIGHT SPLIT’ or ‘RIGHT STRONG’. The formation tells the skill players where to line up and the tag tells the ‘H’ where to line up.

X Y

Z

Backfield Numbers

T

H

QB1

3

2

YZ

X

FORMATIONSLEFT RIGHT

LOU ROB

Doubles Left Doubles Right

Trips Left Trips Right

YZ

XY

ZX

Y XZ

YXZ

ZY

XH

XH

ZY

YZ H

X

H H

X YH Z

H H

Running Plays

Right 31 Trap

YZ

X

H

T

Left 32 Trap

Y

Z

X

H

T

Right 34 Belly

YZ

X

H

TYell Sweep

Left 33 Belly

YZ

X

H

TYell Sweep

Right 24

YZ

X

H

T

Left 23

Y

Z

X

H

T

Right 24 Counter

YZ

X

H

T

Left 23 Counter

Y

Z

X

H

T

Right 26

YZ

X

H

T

Check end look for LB

3 Steps – Hit hole running north and south

Left 25

YZ

X

H

T

Right 28 Sweep

YZ

X

H

T

Left 27 Sweep

Y

Z

X

H

T

Pass Plays

Lou 26 Wheel

Y

Z

X

H

T

Right Strong Fake 26 Snag

YZX

T

H

Trips Right Weak Gun Bubble

YH Z

X

T

Right Short Y Out

X YZH

T

Doubles Right Gun Combo

XH Y

Z

T

4 – 2 – 5 Defense

Gaps & TechniquesGap Responsibilities

C G TE T G E

D C B A A B C D

Lineman Alignment Techniques

C GG TTE E

0 52 8258

1 3 4 6 7 99 7 6 4 3 1

Front 4 Alignment vs 2 Backs

YZ

X

NE T E

SMSS

C C

FS

WS

9 2I 3 8

Base Defense (4-2-5)Vs. Spread

C

FS

SM

WS

E NC

SS

ET

1 68 3

Strong Right (offense is strong to their left)

Defensive Techniques (4 man front)

Strong Left (offense is strong to their right)

6 1 3 8

E T N E

ETNE

N TE E

Fronts

16 83TITE GOur Base Front

N TE E16 81

INDIANN and T in 1 Tech

N TE E36 83

OUTLAWN and T in 3 Tech

TNE

ETNE

E N T E

E

N TE E

Slants

16 83TITE G ARMYSlant away from call

N TE E16 83

TITE G TANKSlant toward call

E N T E

E N T E

N TE EBlitzes

16 83 BULLETSLinebacker Blitz

M S

N TE E16 81

BULLETS INDIANB gap LB Blitz

M S

N TE E36 83

BULLETS OUTLAWA gap LB BlitzSam 1st, Mike 2nd

M S

E

M S

N T E

E

M S

TNE

ET

SM

NE

N TE E

Blitzes

16 83 DOGSLB and Safety BlitzWeak or Strong

M S

SMOKESafety BlitzWeak or Strong

$

N TE E16 83

M S $

$ makes “Fire” call to DE where DE pinches in and $ covers contain or…$ makes “Lion” call to DE where DE goes outside and $ pinches inside.

DOUBLE SMOKE – Both Safeties ($ and W/S) blitz on both DE’s.

M

E N

S

T

SS

E

ET

S

N

M

E

SS

NEVER

GIVE

UP!