Click "Next" below to begin the LHSAA Practice Test 2014 1. 4th and 10 on Team R’s 17-yard line. K1’s 34-yard field-goal attempt goes out of bounds untouched at R’s 1-yard line. RULING: R will play 1st and 10 at their 1-yard line. True False None 2. After obtaining a new series at Team A’s 40-yard line, Team A is guilty of a ‘false start’. Next, on the 1st & 15-play, Team A throws an incompletion. Team A does the same on 2nd down. As the teams line up for 3rd down, B1 commits an ‘unsportsmanlike’ act before the snap. RULING: After the penalty is marked off, officials should measure for the first down. True False None 3. 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 None 4. 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 None 5. ‘Dead ball’ fouls should never be paired with a ‘live ball’ foul to cause ‘offsetting fouls’. True False None 6. 4th and 10 to go at the 50-yard line, Quarterback A12 is almost sacked for a 20-yard loss when tackler B71 ‘inadvertently’ grabs A12's face mask. Thereafter, just before the ball becomes ‘dead’, A12 ‘fumbles’ and immediately falls on his own fumble. The penalty is accepted. RULING: 4th & 5 to go for A True False None 7. The only defensive penalties which automatically grant a first down are roughing specialist players such as the passer, kicker, holder or deep snapper in a scrimmage-kick formation. True False None 8. R1 is in the game to return a kickoff. He ‘muffs’ the kick at R’s 15-yard line. R1 then ‘bats’ the ‘bouncing’ ball at R's 8-yard line into and out of R's end zone. RULING: Safety. True False None 9. Team A scores a touchdown as time for the 4TH quarter expires. Team A ties the score with a successful 2-point pass play, but B2 is guilty of ‘roughing the passer’ on the conversion. RULING: A may accept the penalty at the start of overtime. It will be 1st & goal at the 5-yard line if A is on offense first or goal to go at the 25-yard line if B is on offense first. True False None 10. The score is tied following a touchdown with 00:03 remaining in the game. K1’s untouched ‘pooch’ kick from their 40-yard line is caught by K2 at K’s 46-yard line with the clock now showing 00:01 remaining. RULING: R may choose the 15-yard penalty from the ‘spot of the foul’ and attempt a field goal by ‘free kick’ in the center of the field from K’s 31-yard line. The Referee will order the clock re-set to 00:03. True False None 11. All ‘backward’ passes and ‘backward’ handoffs are legal. True False None 12. The ‘initial direction’ determines whether a pass is ‘forward’ or ‘backward’. True False None 13. K’s ball, 4th and 12 on R’s 45-yard line. K9’s punt is rolling on R’s 16-yard line when an ‘inadvertent whistle’ sounds. R76 blocks K84 ‘in the back’ on R’s 22-yard line during the down and prior to the ‘inadvertent whistle’. RULING: ‘New series’ for R at R’s 8-yard line. True False None 14. Team A is attempting to set up a screen pass. Quarterback A12 takes the snap and fades deep. A12 throws a ‘forward’ pass to A40 who is still 5 yards behind the ‘neutral zone’. B24 ‘tackles’ A40 before the pass arrives. B24 was making no attempt to play the ball. RULING: The only foul is ‘defensive holding’. Penalty: 10 yards from the ‘previous spot’ and repeat the down (if the ‘line to gain’ is not reached). True False None 15. Airborne receiver A85 grasps the ball inbounds at his own 38-yard line. Defender B44 grabs A85 and carries him out of bounds at A’s 40-yard line. RULING: The clock should continue to run since A85’s forward progress was stopped inbounds. True False None 16. There are just a few seconds left in the 1ST half as runner A20 takes a handoff and runs for a 5-yard gain before being tackled by B52. Time expires during the play. Just after the tackle, B33 ‘piles on’. RULING: A has the option to run an untimed down after the enforcement of B’s penalty or penalize B on the 2nd-half kickoff. True False None 17. 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 None 18. During the down, time expires as A45 gains 12 yards and then fumbles. The covering official ‘inadvertently’ blows his whistle while the ball is rolling loose on the ground. RULING: The period shall be extended for an 'untimed down'. Team A may choose to put the ball in play where it lost possession or replay the down at the 'previous spot'. True False None 19. B2 intercepts at B’s 6-yard line and attempts a run through B’s end zone where A3 tackles B2 by ‘grabbing and pulling’ him down by the face mask. RULING: 1st & 10 for B from B's 15-yard line. True False None 20. Team A advances the ball past the line to gain to B's 16-yard line. Just after the ball becomes ‘dead’, B2 ‘piles on’ the runner. RULING: 1st and 2 for A from B's 8-yard line. True False None 21. Runner A2 is about to score a touchdown when he ‘taunts’ an opponent at B's 2-yard line. RULING: Touchdown scores. If B accepts, B’s only option is for Team A to Try from B’s 18-yard line. True False None 22. An official’s time-out can be called by the Referee for unusual heat or humidity True False None 23. 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 None 24. 3rd and 10 at A’s 20-yard line. A2 takes the snap and fades back to A’s 10-yard line. A2 throws a pass which is caught by A3 at A’s 11-yard line. A3 throws a pass toward A4 who is at A's 30-yard line. B2 pushes A4 out of the way and intercepts the pass. RULING: Legal play by B. B may decline A's penalty. True False None 25. A66 commits a ‘false start’ just before the snap. A71 ‘holds’ right after the center snaps the ball. B50 then commits a ‘personal foul’ against A60. RULING: Penalize Team A 5 yards then Team B 15 yards. Disregard the ‘holding’. True False None 26. 2nd down and 20 to go. Passer A12 drops back and throws an incomplete forward pass to A85. As A12 retreats immediately after throwing the pass, B75 grabs A12’s ‘horse collar’ and pulls him sideward to the ground. RULING: 1st down and 10 for Team A after enforcement of the 15-yard penalty from the ‘previous spot’. True False None 27. An otherwise successful kick Try scores no point in the 3RD or subsequent overtime periods of an LHSAA contest. True False None 28. 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 None 29. ‘Pass interference’ can occur with or without contact by opponents. True False None 30. Pass-interference restrictions ‘begin’ for Team A at the snap and for Team B when the ball leaves the passer’s hand. True False None 31. During a down in which time runs out for the 3RD quarter, B1 ‘slugs’ A2. RULING: Eject B1, penalize B 15 yards, give A an 'untimed down' then switch ends of the field to begin the 4TH quarter. True False None 32. On 4th down in apparent punt formation, Team A lines up with tackle A88 in a three-point stance. End A89 is adjacent. Team A is using the ‘scrimmage-kick formation’ and does not have 5 players numbered 50-79 on the line. Shortly prior to the snap, A89 shifts making A88 an ‘end’. Team A completes an ‘untouched’ pass to A88 beyond the ‘neutral zone’ for a first down. RULING: Foul for ‘illegal touching’ by A88; 1st down for Team B after a 5-yard penalty from the ‘previous spot’ plus ‘loss of down’. True False None 33. Following ‘kick-catch interference’, Team R may retain possession and have a 15-yard penalty assessed against K from the ‘spot of the foul’. True False None 34. On 4th down as time runs out in the 2ND quarter, punter K1 ‘muffs’ the snap which hits the ground in front of him. Under a heavy rush, K1 kicks the grounded ball downfield where K2 picks it up and advances for a touchdown. RULING: ‘Illegal kick’ >15-yard penalty from the ‘spot of the foul’. R must accept the penalty and play an untimed down in order to nullify the touchdown. True False None 35. During a down, players making contact above the waist with opponents from the front or side is always legal. True False None 36. It is a foul for R1, who has signaled for a ‘fair catch’, to block even after R2 has ‘muffed’ the ball. True False None 37. Any official may stop the clock for an apparently injured player. True False None 38. B26 intercepts but is then legally hit such that his helmet comes completely off. RULING: The ball becomes dead immediately. Team B will play 1st and 10 and B26 may remain on the field since there was a change of team possession. True False None 39. 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 None 40. The official line-to-gain indicators shall always be operated directly ‘on the sideline’ boundary in order to ensure accurate measurements. True False None 41. A ‘loose-ball play’ is action during a ‘free kick’ or a ‘scrimmage kick’, a ‘legal’ forward pass, or a ‘backward’ pass (including the snap) or ‘fumble’ by A from ‘in or behind’ the ‘neutral zone’ prior to a change of team possession. It includes the run ‘preceding’ such ‘loose-ball’ action. It excludes ‘post scrimmage-kick’ fouls. True False None 42. The deep snapper is protected from an immediate defensive charge during a deep ‘shotgun formation’ with the potential snap-receiver at least 10 yards deep regardless of down number. True False None 43. While K’s onside kick from his 40-yard line is still in the neutral zone, R1 initiates a block against K1 in the neutral zone then K2 blocks R2 followed by R3 touching the ball. K3 recovers the loose ball at K’s 45-yard line. RULING: Legal play. Team K will play a 1st down & 10 at its 45-yard line. True False None 44. K1’s kick-off is short and high and travels 20 yards. There are no R players anywhere near the descending ball which is caught by K2. RULING: ‘Kick-catching interference’ by K. R may choose to snap or free kick 15 yards from the ‘spot of the foul’. True False None 45. On a Try at B’s 3-yard line, quarterback A12 takes the snap and rolls right tossing a ‘backward’ pass to A33. A33 ‘muffs’ the pass which rolls to a stop at B’s 1-yard line. B53 dives for the ball which then squirts into the end zone and out of bounds there. RULING: Team A scores 1 point on a successful Try. True False None 46. Due to a series of penalties following their touchdown and during the try, Team A must attempt the try from deep in their end of the field. A1 fumbles the snap and in scrambling to avoid defenders, retreats into his own end zone and is tackled there with the ball in his possession. RULING: Safety. Score 2 points for Team B. True False None 47. When a team commits 2 or more ‘live-ball’ fouls, including ‘unsportsmanlike’ fouls, it is a ‘multiple foul’. True False None 48. A22 advances toward Team B’s goal line with no one in close proximity. A22 drops the ball before he crosses the goal line and, thinking he has scored, circles through the end zone toward his team area. No official signals or blows his whistle. The ball rolls into the end zone and is finally declared dead when it comes to rest and no player attempts to recover it. RULING: Touchdown for Team A. True False None 49. During a kick-off, while a short high kick is in flight, Team R players retreat to block for the return. With no R players in position to make a catch, K2 catches the ‘kick’ 12 yards past Team K’s free-kick line and advances for a touchdown. RULING: Legal catch and advance by K2 since there were no R players in position to catch the kick. True False None 50. 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 None 51. K’s ‘scrimmage kick’ bounces high at R’s 8-yard line. R1, running ‘toward’ his own goal line, recovers K’s ‘kick’ at the 4-yard line and his ‘momentum’ carries him into his end zone where he is tackled. RULING: R’s ball, 1st & 10 on R’s 4-yard line. True False None 52. ‘Initial force’ may result from a carry, fumble, kick, pass or snap. True False None 53. R1 ‘muffs’ K's kick into the air at R's 3-yard line. The ‘kick’ is caught by K2 at R’s 3-yard line and advanced to R's end zone. RULING: Touchdown. True False None 54. 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 None 55. In an attempt to prevent a ‘scrimmage kick’ from going into R's end zone, K1 slides by it and ‘bats’ the ball ‘backward’ and away from the end zone while the ball is at R's 1-yard line, and K1's feet and legs are in R's end zone. RULING: Touchback because the ball is touched by a ‘kicker’ who is in R's end zone. True False None 56. A12 ‘fumbles’ at A's 3-yard line. The ball is ‘at rest or nearly at rest’ at A’s 1-yard line when B51 dives for it and ‘forces’ the ball into A's end zone by his ‘muff’. B51 attempts to recover it, but A30 falls on the ball in his own end zone. RULING: Since Team A had possession of the ball when it became ‘dead’ in their end zone, the result of the play is a safety - score 2 points for Team B. True False None 57. A 3rd-down scrimmage kick which is ‘simultaneously recovered’ by opponents between the goal lines and ‘behind the neutral zone’ belongs to R. True False None 58. During A32’s touchdown-scoring run, B25 grabs A32’s facemask. RULING: The touchdown counts. Team A may have the penalty enforced on the ‘subsequent’ kick-off. True False None 59. A cloud-to-ground ‘lightning bolt’ is seen. RULING: Play should be suspended and recommended precautions taken. True False None 60. When an incoming ‘substitute’ fails to wear ‘required equipment’ or if ‘illegal’ equipment is found, correction must be made before he can participate. True False None Time's up
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4th and 10 on Team R’s 17-yard line. K1’s 34-yard field-goal attempt goes out of bounds untouched at R’s 1-yard line. RULING: R will play 1st and 10 at their 1-yard line.
After obtaining a new series at Team A’s 40-yard line, Team A is guilty of a ‘false start’. Next, on the 1st & 15-play, Team A throws an incompletion. Team A does the same on 2nd down. As the teams line up for 3rd down, B1 commits an ‘unsportsmanlike’ act before the snap. RULING: After the penalty is marked off, officials should measure for the first down.
An entering ‘substitute’ who is on the opponents’ side of the ‘neutral zone’ when the ball is snapped is guilty of ‘illegal substitution’.
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’.
‘Dead ball’ fouls should never be paired with a ‘live ball’ foul to cause ‘offsetting fouls’.
4th and 10 to go at the 50-yard line, Quarterback A12 is almost sacked for a 20-yard loss when tackler B71 ‘inadvertently’ grabs A12's face mask. Thereafter, just before the ball becomes ‘dead’, A12 ‘fumbles’ and immediately falls on his own fumble. The penalty is accepted. RULING: 4th & 5 to go for A
The only defensive penalties which automatically grant a first down are roughing specialist players such as the passer, kicker, holder or deep snapper in a scrimmage-kick formation.
R1 is in the game to return a kickoff. He ‘muffs’ the kick at R’s 15-yard line. R1 then ‘bats’ the ‘bouncing’ ball at R's 8-yard line into and out of R's end zone. RULING: Safety.
Team A scores a touchdown as time for the 4TH quarter expires. Team A ties the score with a successful 2-point pass play, but B2 is guilty of ‘roughing the passer’ on the conversion. RULING: A may accept the penalty at the start of overtime. It will be 1st & goal at the 5-yard line if A is on offense first or goal to go at the 25-yard line if B is on offense first.
The score is tied following a touchdown with 00:03 remaining in the game. K1’s untouched ‘pooch’ kick from their 40-yard line is caught by K2 at K’s 46-yard line with the clock now showing 00:01 remaining. RULING: R may choose the 15-yard penalty from the ‘spot of the foul’ and attempt a field goal by ‘free kick’ in the center of the field from K’s 31-yard line. The Referee will order the clock re-set to 00:03.
All ‘backward’ passes and ‘backward’ handoffs are legal.
The ‘initial direction’ determines whether a pass is ‘forward’ or ‘backward’.
K’s ball, 4th and 12 on R’s 45-yard line. K9’s punt is rolling on R’s 16-yard line when an ‘inadvertent whistle’ sounds. R76 blocks K84 ‘in the back’ on R’s 22-yard line during the down and prior to the ‘inadvertent whistle’. RULING: ‘New series’ for R at R’s 8-yard line.
Team A is attempting to set up a screen pass. Quarterback A12 takes the snap and fades deep. A12 throws a ‘forward’ pass to A40 who is still 5 yards behind the ‘neutral zone’. B24 ‘tackles’ A40 before the pass arrives. B24 was making no attempt to play the ball. RULING: The only foul is ‘defensive holding’. Penalty: 10 yards from the ‘previous spot’ and repeat the down (if the ‘line to gain’ is not reached).
Airborne receiver A85 grasps the ball inbounds at his own 38-yard line. Defender B44 grabs A85 and carries him out of bounds at A’s 40-yard line. RULING: The clock should continue to run since A85’s forward progress was stopped inbounds.
There are just a few seconds left in the 1ST half as runner A20 takes a handoff and runs for a 5-yard gain before being tackled by B52. Time expires during the play. Just after the tackle, B33 ‘piles on’. RULING: A has the option to run an untimed down after the enforcement of B’s penalty or penalize B on the 2nd-half kickoff.
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.
During the down, time expires as A45 gains 12 yards and then fumbles. The covering official ‘inadvertently’ blows his whistle while the ball is rolling loose on the ground. RULING: The period shall be extended for an 'untimed down'. Team A may choose to put the ball in play where it lost possession or replay the down at the 'previous spot'.
B2 intercepts at B’s 6-yard line and attempts a run through B’s end zone where A3 tackles B2 by ‘grabbing and pulling’ him down by the face mask. RULING: 1st & 10 for B from B's 15-yard line.
Team A advances the ball past the line to gain to B's 16-yard line. Just after the ball becomes ‘dead’, B2 ‘piles on’ the runner. RULING: 1st and 2 for A from B's 8-yard line.
Runner A2 is about to score a touchdown when he ‘taunts’ an opponent at B's 2-yard line. RULING: Touchdown scores. If B accepts, B’s only option is for Team A to Try from B’s 18-yard line.
An official’s time-out can be called by the Referee for unusual heat or humidity
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.
3rd and 10 at A’s 20-yard line. A2 takes the snap and fades back to A’s 10-yard line. A2 throws a pass which is caught by A3 at A’s 11-yard line. A3 throws a pass toward A4 who is at A's 30-yard line. B2 pushes A4 out of the way and intercepts the pass. RULING: Legal play by B. B may decline A's penalty.
A66 commits a ‘false start’ just before the snap. A71 ‘holds’ right after the center snaps the ball. B50 then commits a ‘personal foul’ against A60. RULING: Penalize Team A 5 yards then Team B 15 yards. Disregard the ‘holding’.
2nd down and 20 to go. Passer A12 drops back and throws an incomplete forward pass to A85. As A12 retreats immediately after throwing the pass, B75 grabs A12’s ‘horse collar’ and pulls him sideward to the ground. RULING: 1st down and 10 for Team A after enforcement of the 15-yard penalty from the ‘previous spot’.
An otherwise successful kick Try scores no point in the 3RD or subsequent overtime periods of an LHSAA contest.
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’.
‘Pass interference’ can occur with or without contact by opponents.
Pass-interference restrictions ‘begin’ for Team A at the snap and for Team B when the ball leaves the passer’s hand.
During a down in which time runs out for the 3RD quarter, B1 ‘slugs’ A2. RULING: Eject B1, penalize B 15 yards, give A an 'untimed down' then switch ends of the field to begin the 4TH quarter.
On 4th down in apparent punt formation, Team A lines up with tackle A88 in a three-point stance. End A89 is adjacent. Team A is using the ‘scrimmage-kick formation’ and does not have 5 players numbered 50-79 on the line. Shortly prior to the snap, A89 shifts making A88 an ‘end’. Team A completes an ‘untouched’ pass to A88 beyond the ‘neutral zone’ for a first down. RULING: Foul for ‘illegal touching’ by A88; 1st down for Team B after a 5-yard penalty from the ‘previous spot’ plus ‘loss of down’.
Following ‘kick-catch interference’, Team R may retain possession and have a 15-yard penalty assessed against K from the ‘spot of the foul’.
On 4th down as time runs out in the 2ND quarter, punter K1 ‘muffs’ the snap which hits the ground in front of him. Under a heavy rush, K1 kicks the grounded ball downfield where K2 picks it up and advances for a touchdown. RULING: ‘Illegal kick’ >15-yard penalty from the ‘spot of the foul’. R must accept the penalty and play an untimed down in order to nullify the touchdown.
During a down, players making contact above the waist with opponents from the front or side is always legal.
It is a foul for R1, who has signaled for a ‘fair catch’, to block even after R2 has ‘muffed’ the ball.
Any official may stop the clock for an apparently injured player.
B26 intercepts but is then legally hit such that his helmet comes completely off. RULING: The ball becomes dead immediately. Team B will play 1st and 10 and B26 may remain on the field since there was a change of team possession.
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.
The official line-to-gain indicators shall always be operated directly ‘on the sideline’ boundary in order to ensure accurate measurements.
A ‘loose-ball play’ is action during a ‘free kick’ or a ‘scrimmage kick’, a ‘legal’ forward pass, or a ‘backward’ pass (including the snap) or ‘fumble’ by A from ‘in or behind’ the ‘neutral zone’ prior to a change of team possession. It includes the run ‘preceding’ such ‘loose-ball’ action. It excludes ‘post scrimmage-kick’ fouls.
The deep snapper is protected from an immediate defensive charge during a deep ‘shotgun formation’ with the potential snap-receiver at least 10 yards deep regardless of down number.
While K’s onside kick from his 40-yard line is still in the neutral zone, R1 initiates a block against K1 in the neutral zone then K2 blocks R2 followed by R3 touching the ball. K3 recovers the loose ball at K’s 45-yard line. RULING: Legal play. Team K will play a 1st down & 10 at its 45-yard line.
K1’s kick-off is short and high and travels 20 yards. There are no R players anywhere near the descending ball which is caught by K2. RULING: ‘Kick-catching interference’ by K. R may choose to snap or free kick 15 yards from the ‘spot of the foul’.
On a Try at B’s 3-yard line, quarterback A12 takes the snap and rolls right tossing a ‘backward’ pass to A33. A33 ‘muffs’ the pass which rolls to a stop at B’s 1-yard line. B53 dives for the ball which then squirts into the end zone and out of bounds there. RULING: Team A scores 1 point on a successful Try.
Due to a series of penalties following their touchdown and during the try, Team A must attempt the try from deep in their end of the field. A1 fumbles the snap and in scrambling to avoid defenders, retreats into his own end zone and is tackled there with the ball in his possession. RULING: Safety. Score 2 points for Team B.
When a team commits 2 or more ‘live-ball’ fouls, including ‘unsportsmanlike’ fouls, it is a ‘multiple foul’.
A22 advances toward Team B’s goal line with no one in close proximity. A22 drops the ball before he crosses the goal line and, thinking he has scored, circles through the end zone toward his team area. No official signals or blows his whistle. The ball rolls into the end zone and is finally declared dead when it comes to rest and no player attempts to recover it. RULING: Touchdown for Team A.
During a kick-off, while a short high kick is in flight, Team R players retreat to block for the return. With no R players in position to make a catch, K2 catches the ‘kick’ 12 yards past Team K’s free-kick line and advances for a touchdown. RULING: Legal catch and advance by K2 since there were no R players in position to catch the kick.
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.
K’s ‘scrimmage kick’ bounces high at R’s 8-yard line. R1, running ‘toward’ his own goal line, recovers K’s ‘kick’ at the 4-yard line and his ‘momentum’ carries him into his end zone where he is tackled. RULING: R’s ball, 1st & 10 on R’s 4-yard line.
‘Initial force’ may result from a carry, fumble, kick, pass or snap.
R1 ‘muffs’ K's kick into the air at R's 3-yard line. The ‘kick’ is caught by K2 at R’s 3-yard line and advanced to R's end zone. RULING: Touchdown.
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’.
In an attempt to prevent a ‘scrimmage kick’ from going into R's end zone, K1 slides by it and ‘bats’ the ball ‘backward’ and away from the end zone while the ball is at R's 1-yard line, and K1's feet and legs are in R's end zone. RULING: Touchback because the ball is touched by a ‘kicker’ who is in R's end zone.
A12 ‘fumbles’ at A's 3-yard line. The ball is ‘at rest or nearly at rest’ at A’s 1-yard line when B51 dives for it and ‘forces’ the ball into A's end zone by his ‘muff’. B51 attempts to recover it, but A30 falls on the ball in his own end zone. RULING: Since Team A had possession of the ball when it became ‘dead’ in their end zone, the result of the play is a safety - score 2 points for Team B.
A 3rd-down scrimmage kick which is ‘simultaneously recovered’ by opponents between the goal lines and ‘behind the neutral zone’ belongs to R.
During A32’s touchdown-scoring run, B25 grabs A32’s facemask. RULING: The touchdown counts. Team A may have the penalty enforced on the ‘subsequent’ kick-off.
A cloud-to-ground ‘lightning bolt’ is seen. RULING: Play should be suspended and recommended precautions taken.
When an incoming ‘substitute’ fails to wear ‘required equipment’ or if ‘illegal’ equipment is found, correction must be made before he can participate.
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