1. 3/4 @ A-41. A12’s pass is intercepted by B21 at the B-35 and B21 is tackled at the B-45. B52 was offside on the play.
RULING: A, 1/10, A-46, ready (25).
A will accept the penalty for the offside foul, 5 yards from the previous spot and repeat the down. Since Team B will NOT next snap the ball, and (as far as we can tell) there was no other reason for the game clock to stop, the game clock will next start on the Referee’s signal.
2. 4/10 @ A-40. A80 punts, and B44 attempts to catch the punt at the B-20, and it strikes his shoulder and bounces into the air. Airborne A81 receives the ball in flight at the B-19 and first returns to the ground out of bounds at the B-19.
RULING: B, 1/10, B-19, snap (25).
Because the punted ball was touched by B44, A81’s touching of the ball was legal, but he was not able to complete the catch, so the ball belongs to B at the out-of-bounds spot (where it crossed the sideline).
3. 1/10 @ A-40. Ball carrier A21 races downfield and at the B-30 is grabbed by B54 from behind by the back of the jersey in the nameplate area. B54 continues with this contact and A21 continues to move forward and does not go to the ground until reaching the B-23 when another defender makes contact with A21.
RULING: A, 1/10, B-23, ready (40 and running).
A HCT foul requires that the BC be pulled down immediately, so there is no foul.
4. 4/5 @ B-15. Team A lines up to kick a field goal, and after the snap, holder A10 puts the ball down for the place kick at the B-22. Defender B80 rushes off the edge, dives and bats the ball forward from the holder’s hand before the kicker can kick the ball. B80 then recovers the ball while grounded at the B-27.
RULING: B, 1/10, B-27, snap (25).
Batting a ball in player possession is not a foul, and, if the ball becomes loose by the batting, it is a fumble, and either team may recover.
5. 3/10 @ A-30. QB A12 rolls out and throws a pass to A88 that is completed at the A-38, and A88 runs to the A-45 and is tackled. Right Tackle A77 blocks B54 on the initial charge, then releases to the A-35 and retreats back to the A-33 and remains stationary before A12 releases the pass.
RULING: A, 3/15, A-25, ready (25).
No originally ineligible player of Team A may be, or may have been, more than 3 yards beyond the NZ before a LFP is released. A77 commits an IDP foul, which B will accept, for a 5-yard penalty at the previous spot, and repeat the down.
6. 3/10 @ A-30. QB A12 rolls out and throws a pass to A88 that is completed at the A-38, and A88 runs to the A-45 and is tackled. During A12’s rollout, Right Tackle A77 goes downfield to the A-35 and blocks linebacker B55 just before the pass is released. As the pass is being released, A77 circles back toward the neutral zone.
RULING: A, 3/25, A-15, ready (25).
A77 commits an IDP foul by being more than 3-yards beyond the NZ before a LFP is released, and and OPI foul for blocking B55 downfield during a down in which a LFP crosses the NZ. B will decline the IDP, and accept the OPI, with a 15 yard penalty from the previous spot, and repeat the down.
7. 4/5 @ B-15. After the previous down was over, Team A sends in five substitutes that includes the holder and kicker, and six players begin to leave the field. A88, who participated in the previous play, trails the five replaced players toward the Team A sideline. The five replaced players continue into the team area, but A88 stops and sets up in the backfield very close to the Team A sideline. After the ball is snapped A88 runs down the sideline and catches a forward pass for a Touchdown.
RULING: A, 4/20, B-30, snap (25).
This is an Unsportsmanlike Conduct foul for using the substitution process to deceive the opponents, 15 yards from the previous spot, repeat the down.
8. Free Kick @ A-35. Team A’s free kick is muffed in flight by B21 in his end zone. While the ball is loose on the ground in the end zone, B44 bats the ball out the back of the end zone.
RULING: A, kickoff, A-45, free kick timing (25).
Impetus on the ball is from the kick, so the natural result of the down is a touchback. B44’s batting is a foul (loose ball may not be batted in any direction in an end zone), but it does not change the impetus, because the ball does not travel into the field of play, and then back into the end zone. Since the foul occurred during the kick play portion of the down, the Basic Spot is the previous spot, and the 10-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot. Team B may decline the penalty, but that would be highly unlikely.
