Click "Next" below to begin the LHSAA Practice Test 2014 1. If opponents commit fouls during the down, other than ‘unsportsmanlike’, ‘nonplayer’ or ‘post-scrimmage kick’ (PSK), at such time that the penalties offset, it is a ‘double foul’. True False 2. At the 4:35 mark of the 2ND quarter the coach of Team B informs the Referee that his wireless headset is not functioning and he has no communication with his coaches in the press box. RULING: The Referee correctly rules that Team A must now also turn off their headset communication with the press box. True False 3. R1 is in the game to return K’s punt in the 3RD quarter. R1 ‘accidentally’ steps on the sideline and then comes back inbounds to field the kick. RULING: Play continues and no foul has occurred. True False 4. A ‘post-scrimmage kick’ foul may involve fouls by either team on R’s side of the expanded neutral zone. True False 5. Several substitutes enter Team A's huddle between downs. One of the replaced players does not leave the huddle until after the play is called and the huddle breaks 5 seconds later with players moving to their positions. Thereafter, the replaced player immediately leaves the field across his own sideline. RULING: Legal substitution since the outgoing substitute left immediately after the huddle broke. True False 6. 2nd and 10 at Team A’s 20-yard line. A75 goes downfield to A’s 24-yard line before realizing that the pass will be thrown deep. A75 retreats to his 18-yard line before A10 throws a legal forward pass that crosses the neutral zone. RULING: Although A75 was back behind the line before the pass was thrown, he was an ‘ineligible downfield’. If accepted, penalize A 5 yards and replay the down. True False 7. A42 scores a touchdown. During the play A63 ‘kicks at’ but misses B75. RULING: Touchdown counts. Penalize A63's 'unsportsmanlike' foul from the 'succeeding spot'. True False 8. 3rd down and 20 on Team A’s 24-yard line. A10’s untouched pass is incomplete at A’s 48-yard line. Prior to the pass, B35 is flagged for ‘holding’ A88 at the 32-yard line. RULING: Penalize B 10 yards for the ‘holding’ and award A an ‘automatic first down’ because the foul occurred before the ball was in the air. True False 9. The kickers may, in certain situations, legally ‘catch or recover’, and keep possession of a kick; but the kickers may NEVER advance a ‘free kick’, or ‘scrimmage kick’ which is ‘beyond the neutral zone’. True False 10. Team A at B’s 4-yard line. Quarterback A12 takes the snap and rolls right tossing a ‘backward’ pass to A23. A23 ‘muffs’ the pass which bounces toward B62. B62 recovers at B’s 1-yard line and begins to advance. B62 reverses field and is tackled in B’s end zone. RULING: Touchback; ‘new series’ for B at B’s 20-yard line. True False 11. ‘Batting’ is any contact with the ball with a player’s hand or arm. True False 12. If snapper A55 makes an ‘illegal snap’ which A10 ‘muffs’ and B75 recovers, Team B may keep the ball if B declines the penalty. True False 13. A ‘scrimmage kick’ is bounding toward the sideline. It strikes the Line Judge who is standing with one foot on the sideline. The ball rebounds back into the ‘field of play’ where R11 recovers it and advances it across K's goal line. RULING: R touchdown. True False 14. Team A plays 1st and 10 at B’s 33-yard line. Quarterback A19 is at B’s 30-yard line when he throws a ‘forward pass’. Eligible A85 is at the 10-yard line when B25 ‘pushes’ A85, preventing him from attempting to catch the pass. RULING: Legal play by B25. A19’s pass was ‘illegal’ so ‘pass interference’ is not possible. A will play 2nd down and 12 at the 35-yard line. True False 15. Time expires during the last timed down of the game as R1 is about to field a kick. K2 ‘interferes’ by contacting R1 early. If R takes the 15-yard distance penalty from the previous spot and a replay of the down or accepts an ‘awarded fair catch’ after enforcement of a 15-yard penalty from the spot of the foul, either is deemed an acceptance of a penalty for which the period is extended. True False 16. Even though a ‘non-scoring kick’ has been touched by R in the ‘field of play’ it becomes ‘dead’ immediately when it breaks the plane of R’s goal line. True False 17. A55 snaps the ball to quarterback A12. The ball touches A12’s hands but A55 simply holds the ball as A12 fakes having it. Running back A34 cuts in, grabs the ball from A55 and advances. RULING: Legal play as long as an interior offensive lineman is not the player who gets the ball. True False 18. The score is K-21 and R-20. On 4th down deep in his own territory, K1 punts from his end zone during the last timed down of the 4TH period. The high kick is short and K2 commits ‘kick-catching interference’ on R2 who has signaled for a fair catch at K’s 33-yard line. The captain of Team A chooses a 15-yard penalty to K’s 18-yard line and elects to ‘free kick’ from there during the ensuing untimed down. RULING: This is correct procedure and if the free kick goes through the uprights, Team R wins the game. True False 19. 3rd and 20 at A’s 10-yard line. A12 takes the snap and throws a ‘legal’ forward pass to A31 near the left sideline. While the pass is ‘in flight’, B25 ‘blocks’ A45, who is ‘beyond the neutral zone’, near the opposite sideline. The pass is incomplete. RULING: Pass interference by B25. 1st and 10 for A at A’s 25-yard line. True False 20. A snaps at A’s 40-yard line. Quarterback A17 throws an interception to B42 at B’s 30-yard line. On the return, B84 blocks A28 ‘in the back’ at B’s 35-yard line. After B42 is tackled at B’s 37-yard line, B76 commits a ‘dead-ball’ personal foul against A12. RULING: A may accept both penalties. If A does so, Team B will play 1st & 10 from B’s 12½-yard line. True False 21. ‘Ineligible’ receivers are restricted from going downfield during a ‘legal’ forward pass until the untouched ‘legal’ forward pass crosses the ‘expanded neutral zone’. True False 22. Officials take ‘jurisdiction’ to penalize 30 minutes prior to the scheduled opening kickoff. True False 23. The covering official shall drop a bean bag to mark where K touches a grounded ‘free kick’ that has not gone 10 yards nor been touched by R. True False 24. With 19 seconds remaining on the game clock but only 5 seconds remaining on the 25-second clock, the game clock is running in the 1ST quarter. Team K is in punt formation on 4th down. K will apparently be kicking into a strong wind. Lineman K62 commits a ‘false start’ just before the snap. RULING: Penalize K 5 yards if accepted. The Referee will invoke 3-4-6 and start the clock on the snap. True False 25. If time for a period expires during a down which ends because of an ‘inadvertent whistle’, the period must be extended, regardless of any team choices taken. True False 26. After the officials charge themselves with a time-out because of an injured player, that player must remain out of the game for at least 1 down unless a halftime or overtime intermission occurs and even if his team takes a ‘charged timeout’. True False 27. ‘Targeting’ is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. True False 28. Players may wear ‘tinted eyewear’ on their faces as long as it is under the face mask. True False 29. Any official may stop the clock for an apparently injured player. True False 30. An ‘illegal’ forward pass is considered to have occurred during a ‘running play’. True False 31. A cloud-to-ground ‘lightning bolt’ is seen. RULING: Play should be suspended and recommended precautions taken. True False 32. Runner A1 is advancing up the center of field when he is legally hit by B1 and B2 at which point his helmet comes off. Immediately after this he loses possession of the ball which is recovered by B3. RULING: Team B’s ball, 1st & 10. True False 33. The ‘free-blocking zone’ is an area 3 yards behind each ‘line of scrimmage’ and 4 yards laterally on either side of the spot of the snap. True False 34. A defensive player is considered to be ‘on his ‘line of scrimmage’ when he is within 1 yard of his scrimmage line ‘at the snap’. True False 35. K2 steps out of bounds during a ‘kick’, returns inbounds after R1 fields the kick, and tackles R1. RULING: Penalize 15 yards from the ‘end of the run’ for ‘illegal participation’. True False 36. A’s ball, 1st down and 10, on their 12-yard line when quarterback A10 fumbles. The ball is slowly rolling at A’s 4-yard line when A23, attempting to recover the ball, pushes B52 into the ball causing it to roll across the goal line where it is recovered by A30 who is downed there. RULING: Safety, 2 points for B. True False 37. A ‘live ball’ is always in possession of a team. True False 38. After a ‘new series’ is awarded, Team A gains nearly 10 yards on a first-down run. The Referee determines that it will be 2nd down and inches and that a measurement will not be needed considering the location of the line to gain. No measurement is requested. After the ‘ready-for-play signal’, as teams line up for 2nd down and inches, the snapper adjusts the ball and Team A requests, and is granted, a time-out. Team A then requests a measurement. RULING: The Referee should order officials to measure. True False 39. ‘Forward-pass interference’ can only occur beyond the ‘neutral zone’. True False 40. Team A in ‘punt formation’ at A's 20-yard line; the deep snap to potential punter A10 at A's 5-yard line is muffed and bounces off the ground into the air when B1 ‘bats’ it into and out of A's end zone. RULING: Safety. True False 41. All ‘backward’ passes and ‘backward’ handoffs are legal. True False 42. The only fouls by A which include a ‘loss-of-down penalty’ are illegally handing the ball forward, illegal forward pass and illegal touching of a forward pass by an ineligible. True False 43. K1’s kick-off from K’s 40-yard line is picked up by K2 at R’s 39-yard line and advanced for an apparent touchdown. RULING: Touchdown for K. True False 44. Quarterback A15 is scrambling and runs just beyond the ‘neutral zone’ where he throws a ‘forward’ pass to A33 for an apparent touchdown. Time expired during the play at the end of the 2ND quarter. RULING: The score is canceled and the half is over. True False 45. A10 leaps near the sideline in an attempt to catch a pass. A10 is still airborne when he controls the ball attempting to complete the catch and is carried ‘backward’ off the field by B52, landing out of bounds. RULING: This is ruled a catch with A10’s ‘forward progress’ stopped inbounds. The clock will continue to run. True False 46. A22 may ‘bat’ a ball in possession of A33 provided the ball is not batted ‘forward’. True False 47. Team A is trailing by 8 points. On a down in which time has expired for the 4TH quarter, Team A scores a touchdown. B2 ‘held’ during the TD play. RULING: Team A has the option of taking this penalty in overtime. True False 48. Once a player throws a ‘legal’ forward pass, he continues to be a ‘passer’ until he moves to participate in the play or until the pass is complete or incomplete. True False 49. During a kickoff return, it is legal for Team K players to break up a blocking wedge by blocking R players ‘below the waist’. True False 50. The official line-to-gain indicators shall always be operated directly ‘on the sideline’ boundary in order to ensure accurate measurements. True False 51. Blocker A62 initiates contact with rushing B22 by use of A62’s ‘front or crown’ of his helmet. RULING: ‘Illegal’ helmet contact. True False 52. On a Try from B’s 3-yard line, Team A completes a pass to B’s end zone but commits ‘offensive pass interference’. RULING: Replay the Try from B’s 18-yard line. True False 53. Team K is in ‘kick-off formation’ at K’s 40-yard line. The kicker is lined up at his 32-yard line and 2 teammates are lined up with their feet touching K’s 35-yard line. After allowing K a reasonable opportunity to line up properly, the Referee blows the ‘ready-for-play’. RULING: This is a ‘dead-ball foul’ and the whistle should be blown to prevent the ball from becoming ‘live’. Penalize Team K 5 yards for ‘encroachment’. True False 54. An entering ‘substitute’ who is on the opponents’ side of the ‘neutral zone’ when the ball is snapped is guilty of ‘illegal substitution’. True False 55. 4th and 1 from A's 40-yard line. QB A2 advances to A's 44-yard line where he throws an incomplete ‘forward’ pass. RULING: 1st & 10 for A from A's 39-yard line. True False 56. Team A is attempting to set up a screen pass. QB A12 takes the snap and fades deep. A12 throws a ‘forward’ pass to A40 who is still 5 yards behind the ‘neutral zone’. B24 ‘blocks’ A40 out of the way before the pass arrives. RULING: Defensive foul. True False 57. After a touchdown, the Try is one instance when the Referee should momentarily delay the ‘ready-for-play signal’ to allow the teams to make substitutions and decisions concerning their options. True False 58. B34 intercepts a pass in his own end zone where he is hit and ‘fumbles’ the ball forward and out of bounds at Team B’s 4-yard line. RULING: Team B will play 1st and 10 at their 4-yard line. True False 59. Team K lines up in a legal formation for a kick off. After the 'ready for play' and before the kick, K shifts such that all but 1 player are bunched together to the left of the potential kicker. RULING - 'Encroachment' foul on K. Shut down all action immediately and penalize K 5 yards. True False 60. While running ‘parallel’ to his goal line at B’s 3-yard line, B29 intercepts a ‘legal’ forward pass and continues to run. B29 eventually ‘fumbles’ at B’s 3-yard line and the ball strikes a pylon. RULING: The ball is ‘dead’. Touchback - B’s ball at B’s 20-yard line. True False Time's up
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If opponents commit fouls during the down, other than ‘unsportsmanlike’, ‘nonplayer’ or ‘post-scrimmage kick’ (PSK), at such time that the penalties offset, it is a ‘double foul’.
At the 4:35 mark of the 2ND quarter the coach of Team B informs the Referee that his wireless headset is not functioning and he has no communication with his coaches in the press box. RULING: The Referee correctly rules that Team A must now also turn off their headset communication with the press box.
R1 is in the game to return K’s punt in the 3RD quarter. R1 ‘accidentally’ steps on the sideline and then comes back inbounds to field the kick. RULING: Play continues and no foul has occurred.
A ‘post-scrimmage kick’ foul may involve fouls by either team on R’s side of the expanded neutral zone.
Several substitutes enter Team A's huddle between downs. One of the replaced players does not leave the huddle until after the play is called and the huddle breaks 5 seconds later with players moving to their positions. Thereafter, the replaced player immediately leaves the field across his own sideline. RULING: Legal substitution since the outgoing substitute left immediately after the huddle broke.
2nd and 10 at Team A’s 20-yard line. A75 goes downfield to A’s 24-yard line before realizing that the pass will be thrown deep. A75 retreats to his 18-yard line before A10 throws a legal forward pass that crosses the neutral zone. RULING: Although A75 was back behind the line before the pass was thrown, he was an ‘ineligible downfield’. If accepted, penalize A 5 yards and replay the down.
A42 scores a touchdown. During the play A63 ‘kicks at’ but misses B75. RULING: Touchdown counts. Penalize A63's 'unsportsmanlike' foul from the 'succeeding spot'.
3rd down and 20 on Team A’s 24-yard line. A10’s untouched pass is incomplete at A’s 48-yard line. Prior to the pass, B35 is flagged for ‘holding’ A88 at the 32-yard line. RULING: Penalize B 10 yards for the ‘holding’ and award A an ‘automatic first down’ because the foul occurred before the ball was in the air.
The kickers may, in certain situations, legally ‘catch or recover’, and keep possession of a kick; but the kickers may NEVER advance a ‘free kick’, or ‘scrimmage kick’ which is ‘beyond the neutral zone’.
Team A at B’s 4-yard line. Quarterback A12 takes the snap and rolls right tossing a ‘backward’ pass to A23. A23 ‘muffs’ the pass which bounces toward B62. B62 recovers at B’s 1-yard line and begins to advance. B62 reverses field and is tackled in B’s end zone. RULING: Touchback; ‘new series’ for B at B’s 20-yard line.
‘Batting’ is any contact with the ball with a player’s hand or arm.
If snapper A55 makes an ‘illegal snap’ which A10 ‘muffs’ and B75 recovers, Team B may keep the ball if B declines the penalty.
A ‘scrimmage kick’ is bounding toward the sideline. It strikes the Line Judge who is standing with one foot on the sideline. The ball rebounds back into the ‘field of play’ where R11 recovers it and advances it across K's goal line. RULING: R touchdown.
Team A plays 1st and 10 at B’s 33-yard line. Quarterback A19 is at B’s 30-yard line when he throws a ‘forward pass’. Eligible A85 is at the 10-yard line when B25 ‘pushes’ A85, preventing him from attempting to catch the pass. RULING: Legal play by B25. A19’s pass was ‘illegal’ so ‘pass interference’ is not possible. A will play 2nd down and 12 at the 35-yard line.
Time expires during the last timed down of the game as R1 is about to field a kick. K2 ‘interferes’ by contacting R1 early. If R takes the 15-yard distance penalty from the previous spot and a replay of the down or accepts an ‘awarded fair catch’ after enforcement of a 15-yard penalty from the spot of the foul, either is deemed an acceptance of a penalty for which the period is extended.
Even though a ‘non-scoring kick’ has been touched by R in the ‘field of play’ it becomes ‘dead’ immediately when it breaks the plane of R’s goal line.
A55 snaps the ball to quarterback A12. The ball touches A12’s hands but A55 simply holds the ball as A12 fakes having it. Running back A34 cuts in, grabs the ball from A55 and advances. RULING: Legal play as long as an interior offensive lineman is not the player who gets the ball.
The score is K-21 and R-20. On 4th down deep in his own territory, K1 punts from his end zone during the last timed down of the 4TH period. The high kick is short and K2 commits ‘kick-catching interference’ on R2 who has signaled for a fair catch at K’s 33-yard line. The captain of Team A chooses a 15-yard penalty to K’s 18-yard line and elects to ‘free kick’ from there during the ensuing untimed down. RULING: This is correct procedure and if the free kick goes through the uprights, Team R wins the game.
3rd and 20 at A’s 10-yard line. A12 takes the snap and throws a ‘legal’ forward pass to A31 near the left sideline. While the pass is ‘in flight’, B25 ‘blocks’ A45, who is ‘beyond the neutral zone’, near the opposite sideline. The pass is incomplete. RULING: Pass interference by B25. 1st and 10 for A at A’s 25-yard line.
A snaps at A’s 40-yard line. Quarterback A17 throws an interception to B42 at B’s 30-yard line. On the return, B84 blocks A28 ‘in the back’ at B’s 35-yard line. After B42 is tackled at B’s 37-yard line, B76 commits a ‘dead-ball’ personal foul against A12. RULING: A may accept both penalties. If A does so, Team B will play 1st & 10 from B’s 12½-yard line.
‘Ineligible’ receivers are restricted from going downfield during a ‘legal’ forward pass until the untouched ‘legal’ forward pass crosses the ‘expanded neutral zone’.
Officials take ‘jurisdiction’ to penalize 30 minutes prior to the scheduled opening kickoff.
The covering official shall drop a bean bag to mark where K touches a grounded ‘free kick’ that has not gone 10 yards nor been touched by R.
With 19 seconds remaining on the game clock but only 5 seconds remaining on the 25-second clock, the game clock is running in the 1ST quarter. Team K is in punt formation on 4th down. K will apparently be kicking into a strong wind. Lineman K62 commits a ‘false start’ just before the snap. RULING: Penalize K 5 yards if accepted. The Referee will invoke 3-4-6 and start the clock on the snap.
If time for a period expires during a down which ends because of an ‘inadvertent whistle’, the period must be extended, regardless of any team choices taken.
After the officials charge themselves with a time-out because of an injured player, that player must remain out of the game for at least 1 down unless a halftime or overtime intermission occurs and even if his team takes a ‘charged timeout’.
‘Targeting’ is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders.
Players may wear ‘tinted eyewear’ on their faces as long as it is under the face mask.
Any official may stop the clock for an apparently injured player.
An ‘illegal’ forward pass is considered to have occurred during a ‘running play’.
A cloud-to-ground ‘lightning bolt’ is seen. RULING: Play should be suspended and recommended precautions taken.
Runner A1 is advancing up the center of field when he is legally hit by B1 and B2 at which point his helmet comes off. Immediately after this he loses possession of the ball which is recovered by B3. RULING: Team B’s ball, 1st & 10.
The ‘free-blocking zone’ is an area 3 yards behind each ‘line of scrimmage’ and 4 yards laterally on either side of the spot of the snap.
A defensive player is considered to be ‘on his ‘line of scrimmage’ when he is within 1 yard of his scrimmage line ‘at the snap’.
K2 steps out of bounds during a ‘kick’, returns inbounds after R1 fields the kick, and tackles R1. RULING: Penalize 15 yards from the ‘end of the run’ for ‘illegal participation’.
A’s ball, 1st down and 10, on their 12-yard line when quarterback A10 fumbles. The ball is slowly rolling at A’s 4-yard line when A23, attempting to recover the ball, pushes B52 into the ball causing it to roll across the goal line where it is recovered by A30 who is downed there. RULING: Safety, 2 points for B.
A ‘live ball’ is always in possession of a team.
After a ‘new series’ is awarded, Team A gains nearly 10 yards on a first-down run. The Referee determines that it will be 2nd down and inches and that a measurement will not be needed considering the location of the line to gain. No measurement is requested. After the ‘ready-for-play signal’, as teams line up for 2nd down and inches, the snapper adjusts the ball and Team A requests, and is granted, a time-out. Team A then requests a measurement. RULING: The Referee should order officials to measure.
‘Forward-pass interference’ can only occur beyond the ‘neutral zone’.
Team A in ‘punt formation’ at A's 20-yard line; the deep snap to potential punter A10 at A's 5-yard line is muffed and bounces off the ground into the air when B1 ‘bats’ it into and out of A's end zone. RULING: Safety.
All ‘backward’ passes and ‘backward’ handoffs are legal.
The only fouls by A which include a ‘loss-of-down penalty’ are illegally handing the ball forward, illegal forward pass and illegal touching of a forward pass by an ineligible.
K1’s kick-off from K’s 40-yard line is picked up by K2 at R’s 39-yard line and advanced for an apparent touchdown. RULING: Touchdown for K.
Quarterback A15 is scrambling and runs just beyond the ‘neutral zone’ where he throws a ‘forward’ pass to A33 for an apparent touchdown. Time expired during the play at the end of the 2ND quarter. RULING: The score is canceled and the half is over.
A10 leaps near the sideline in an attempt to catch a pass. A10 is still airborne when he controls the ball attempting to complete the catch and is carried ‘backward’ off the field by B52, landing out of bounds. RULING: This is ruled a catch with A10’s ‘forward progress’ stopped inbounds. The clock will continue to run.
A22 may ‘bat’ a ball in possession of A33 provided the ball is not batted ‘forward’.
Team A is trailing by 8 points. On a down in which time has expired for the 4TH quarter, Team A scores a touchdown. B2 ‘held’ during the TD play. RULING: Team A has the option of taking this penalty in overtime.
Once a player throws a ‘legal’ forward pass, he continues to be a ‘passer’ until he moves to participate in the play or until the pass is complete or incomplete.
During a kickoff return, it is legal for Team K players to break up a blocking wedge by blocking R players ‘below the waist’.
The official line-to-gain indicators shall always be operated directly ‘on the sideline’ boundary in order to ensure accurate measurements.
Blocker A62 initiates contact with rushing B22 by use of A62’s ‘front or crown’ of his helmet. RULING: ‘Illegal’ helmet contact.
On a Try from B’s 3-yard line, Team A completes a pass to B’s end zone but commits ‘offensive pass interference’. RULING: Replay the Try from B’s 18-yard line.
Team K is in ‘kick-off formation’ at K’s 40-yard line. The kicker is lined up at his 32-yard line and 2 teammates are lined up with their feet touching K’s 35-yard line. After allowing K a reasonable opportunity to line up properly, the Referee blows the ‘ready-for-play’. RULING: This is a ‘dead-ball foul’ and the whistle should be blown to prevent the ball from becoming ‘live’. Penalize Team K 5 yards for ‘encroachment’.
An entering ‘substitute’ who is on the opponents’ side of the ‘neutral zone’ when the ball is snapped is guilty of ‘illegal substitution’.
4th and 1 from A's 40-yard line. QB A2 advances to A's 44-yard line where he throws an incomplete ‘forward’ pass. RULING: 1st & 10 for A from A's 39-yard line.
Team A is attempting to set up a screen pass. QB A12 takes the snap and fades deep. A12 throws a ‘forward’ pass to A40 who is still 5 yards behind the ‘neutral zone’. B24 ‘blocks’ A40 out of the way before the pass arrives. RULING: Defensive foul.
After a touchdown, the Try is one instance when the Referee should momentarily delay the ‘ready-for-play signal’ to allow the teams to make substitutions and decisions concerning their options.
B34 intercepts a pass in his own end zone where he is hit and ‘fumbles’ the ball forward and out of bounds at Team B’s 4-yard line. RULING: Team B will play 1st and 10 at their 4-yard line.
Team K lines up in a legal formation for a kick off. After the 'ready for play' and before the kick, K shifts such that all but 1 player are bunched together to the left of the potential kicker. RULING - 'Encroachment' foul on K. Shut down all action immediately and penalize K 5 yards.
While running ‘parallel’ to his goal line at B’s 3-yard line, B29 intercepts a ‘legal’ forward pass and continues to run. B29 eventually ‘fumbles’ at B’s 3-yard line and the ball strikes a pylon. RULING: The ball is ‘dead’. Touchback - B’s ball at B’s 20-yard line.
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