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How much does an American football weigh?
411 g14.5 ozWhich one: NFL rule: 14 to 15 oz
An American football weighs about 411 g (14.5 oz).
Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it. Source for this figure: NFL Rulebook.
How heavy is that?
- An American football weighs about as much as 6.9 eggs.
- An American football weighs about as much as 410 paperclips.
- An American football weighs about as much as 16,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 11 American footballs to balance a cat.
- It takes about 1,200 American footballs to balance a horse.
About the same weight
More sports balls and gear
- Flying disc 175 g
- Softball 188 g
- Volleyball 270 g
- Soccer ball 430 g
- Rugby ball 435 g
- Boxing glove 454 g
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