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Football Officiating => National Football League => Topic started by: pgashton on September 21, 2010, 02:06:56 PM
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Team A's receiver is running along team B's goal line. He goes airborne to catch a pass, and has a firm grip and control of the ball in the air while the ball is in the end zone. Before he can get two feet down, a Team B defender collides with him, sending him back over the goal line, and the ball is outside the end zone (between the one and the goal) when the receiver's second foot (or knee) hit the ground. He maintains control of the ball throughout and after the process of the catch.
So, control was established in the end zone, but the catch was not "complete" until the player was out of the end zone again, but the player maintained control throughout. Is it a TD, or completed catch inside the one?
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Touchdown
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Team A's receiver is running along his own goal line.
Ball at the one and change, no safety.
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Ball at the one and change, no safety.
Sorry...should have said Team B's goal line...I fixed it.
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Touchdown
What I am understanding is that the receiver is awarded forward progress (across the goal line) from the point where he controls the ball, even if the receiver is in the air and has not completed the catch; NOT the point where the ball is when his second foot (or other body part) hit the ground? That's what I thought...anyone have a rule reference for that situation?
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edit; forgot which forum I was in, NCAA has it in as many words, but NFL doesn't appear to