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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: freezer on October 23, 2013, 09:16:25 AM

Title: Legal play
Post by: freezer on October 23, 2013, 09:16:25 AM

Team A is set at the LOS, at the snap a lineman, the right guard, pulls and goes behind the QB for a backward handoff running to the left. He never completely faces his goal line. He gains 6 yards. Legal?  (The rule book deals with a lineman facing his own goal line before receiving a forward handoff, but not a backward handoff.)

Title: Re: Legal play
Post by: maven on October 23, 2013, 09:37:30 AM

You've posted your question in the "General" section. Do you have a particular rule set in mind?

NFHS 7-3-1: "Any player may hand the ball backward at any time."

Your play is legal.

Title: Re: Legal play
Post by: Kalle on October 23, 2013, 09:55:33 AM

NCAA: legal play, rule 7-2-1.