passing attempt

collocation in English

meaningsofpassingandattempt

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passing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpɑː.sɪŋ/us
/ˈpæs.ɪŋ/
moving ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofpassingandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1946, he completed 17 of 33 passes for 264 yd, and led the league in yards perpassingattempt(8.00).
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On the finalpassingattemptof his high school career, he broke the school record for touchdown passes (47).
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It was the onlypassingattemptof his career.
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A three-year starter at quarterback, he averaged 10.4 yards per carry and 21.6 yards perpassingattemptas a senior.
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Mansell attacked on the last lap with a desperatepassingattemptat the end of the straight, was too far behind to make the pass.
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He threw a 1-yard touchdown on his first careerpassingattemptand finished the game having completed 6 of 8 pass attempts for 94 yards.
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Fouts finished the game completing 33 of 53 passing attempts for a franchise record 433 yards and three touchdowns.
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Below is a listing of the combined professional football league leaders for passing yards, passing touchdowns, passing completions, and passing attempts.
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He completed 50 percent of his 178 passing attempts in 1969, threw five touchdown passes and had six passes intercepted.
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He also threw for 547 yards on 43 of 79 passing attempts with five touchdowns and four interceptions.
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He had 8 interceptions in 488 passing attempts.
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He had 7 interceptions in 424 passing attempts.
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He would finish the season breaking franchise rookie records for completions and passing attempts.
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He began the game auspiciously throwing incompletions in his first five passing attempts, and could not recover.
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He also had completed 49 of 78 passing attempts for 804 yards and four touchdowns with only two interceptions.
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He also threw for 91 yards off 5 of 16 passing attempts.
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In his junior year, he set single season records with 389 passing attempts, 234 completions and 2,551 passing yards.
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He went on to have his best year as a player, setting a professional football record for passing attempts in a season.
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He finished his four-year college career with 549 completions on 949 passing attempts, for 7,585 yards and fifty-six touchdowns.
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He also has the sixth highest career passer rating of all time (95.7) among quarterbacks with at least 1,500 career passing attempts.
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