Yes, they do, this determines who gets to kick off and which end they want to attack.
I would say that it would probably be on the side lines (so in the crowd) on the team or watching on TV?
Immediately prior to the opening kickoff, the referee meets at midfield with the captains of both teams. He flips a coin after a captain of the visiting team calls heads or tails. If the call is correct, the visiting team gets to decide whether they will receive the opening kickoff, kick the opening kickoff, choose an end zone to defend, or defer their choice to the beginning of the second half. If the call is incorrect, the home team gets to decide what they want to do. If the team that wins the toss defers their choice to the second half, the other team gets to choose from the remaining three options to start the game.
not a lot !
The coin flip
the American football game is started with a coin toss then a kickoff
Yes. There are captains whose responsibilities include tossing the coin at the start of the game and choosing the end they want.
They do not flip a coin it depends if you are home or away. Away gets ball first.
The two captains do the toss with the referee.
Steelers linebacker James Farrior called the coin toss in Super Bowl XLV, he chose tails. The Packers won the toss and chose to kickoff.
Usually a toss of a coin tossed by the referee and called by one of the team captains.
Normally the captains of the 2 teams throw a coin (heads or tails) to decide who will start first. The winning team will kick the ball first and have control of the ball for the start of the game.
The team that lost the coin toss at the beginning of the game would get first choice to start the second half. It would be their choice to defend a goal, kickoff, or receive the ball.