how wide is nfl field

An NFL field is 53 1/3 yards wide , which is 160 feet across.

Quick Scoop

The full field is 120 yards long from end line to end line, including the two 10-yard end zones, and the main playing area between the goal lines is 100 yards long.

In feet and meters

• Width: 160 feet, or about 48.8 meters.

• Length: 360 feet, or about 109.7 meters, including end zones.

Simple way to picture it

A good mental image is a rectangle that’s a little over one and a half football fields wide in soccer-field terms , but with a very consistent pro- football width of 160 feet from sideline to sideline.