backfield

English Thesaurus

1. the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen (noun.group)

hypernym	:	formation,
definition	:	an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit (noun.group)

member holonym	:	back,
definition	:	(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage (noun.act)

member meronym	:	eleven, football team,
definition	:	a team that plays football (noun.group)