Canadian football

• the place kick (kicking a ball held on the ground by a team mate, or, on resuming play following a score, placed on a tee)
• the drop kick (kicking a ball after bouncing it on the ground; although rarely used today, it has the same status in scoring as a place kick)
• the punt (kicking the ball after it has been released from the kicker's hand and before it hits the ground)

• carrying the ball across the opponents' goal line, or receiving a forward pass across the opponents' goal line in the opponents' end zone, to score a touchdown, worth six points (despite the name, the ball need not be touched down)
• after a touchdown, place kicking or drop kicking the ball though the opponents' uprights from a scrimmage ten yards in front of the goal posts to score a convert or conversion, worth 1 point
• at other times, place kicking or drop kicking the ball though the opponents' uprights from a scrimmage to score a field goal, worth 3 points
• punting or kicking the ball through the opponents' end zone, or so that it may not be returned by an opponent receiving it in his own end zone, to score a single, worth 1 point (this score was formerly known as a rouge).

• the field is larger, similar in size to American fields prior to 1912
• twelve men a side rather than eleven
• ten yards must be made in three downs rather than four
• the defensive line must stay a yard away from the ball at the scrimmage
• there is no fair catch; instead all players from the kicking team except the kicker and any player who was behind him when he kicked the ball may approach within five yards of the ball until it is or has been in the opponents' possession
• all offensive backfield players, except the quarterback, may be in motion at the snap; players in motion may move in any direction as long as they are behind the line of scrimmage at the snap (in American football, only one backfield player is allowed to be in motion, and he cannot move toward the line of scrimmage until after the snap)
• Canadian football allows each team only one thirty-second time-out in each half (however, during the last three minutes of each half the clock is stopped after every play, so that additional time-outs would be of little value)
• the offensive team must run a play every 20 seconds, while in American football a 45-second interval between plays is allowed.
• a kicker, or a player behind the kicker when he kicks the ball, may recover his own kick and advance with the ball.