The offensive football players who line up behind the linemen

Usage examples of backfield.

He had been right halfback in the same backfield at Waterford High where I had played fullback, Mike Hess had been the left half, and Capers Middleton had called signals at quarterback.

Taft walked in flanked by our head coach, Emmett Creed, and backfield coach, Oscar Veech.

Like Frank Gifford, whose shoes he finally filled in the USC backfield, he understands that football is only the beginning of his TV career.

He had planned to leave late that night, but now he would have to make sure there was no one operating in his backfield, like maybe those feds, before he set out.

What appeared to be a flurry of activity was more like the movement of a football backfield, the end product of months of diligent practice.

He sometimes lined up as a wide receiver, and when he ran out of the backfield it was only to catch Chipper Dove’.