That's 40 yards.
45 yards ??
45 yards (or 135 feet).
40 yards
40 yards
50 yards
From his own 15 yard line to midfield (the 50 yard line) is 50 - 15, or 35 yards. From midfield to the opposing team's 45 yard line is 50 - 45, or another 5 yards. He has advanced the ball 40 yards for scoring purposes. However, if he zig-zagged, or ran diagonally across the field to do so, he would have run much further.
That's 40 yards
40 yards
40 yards. 15 to midfield is 35 yards (50 - 15 = 35) midfield to opposing 45 is 5 yards (50 - 45 = 5)
About 30 yards.
30
From the 15 yard line to the 50 yard line (the center) is 35 yards. It's another 10 yards to the other team's 40 yard line. So the total distance from one team's 15 yard line to the other team's 40 yard line is 45 yards.