special team

American  

noun

1. Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.

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special team British  

noun

1. American football any of several predetermined permutations of the players within a team that play in situations, such as kickoffs and attempts at field goals, where the standard offensive and defensive formations are not appropriate

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Other Word Forms

• special-team adjective
• special-teams adjective

Example Sentences

He cried as he was hugged by England team doctor Nick Pierce in the dressing room at the Adelaide Oval and spent the third Test in Perth with the Test Match Special team before heading home to watch the rest of the series from his sofa.

From BBC

South Korea will send a special team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centres involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals, officials said a day after Seoul vowed to bring them all home.

From Barron's

We asked the Test Match Special team who they would pick for that first match down under...

From BBC

BBC Sport looks at the current laws, when cricket has dabbled with substitutes in the past and asks the Test Match Special team whether it is time for subs to be brought in...

From BBC

It turns out, and not for the first time with this unusually special team, Pelinka was right and I was wrong.

From Los Angeles Times