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| Running back A-29 runs for 14 yards and an apparent 1st down. A-56 is called for holding behind the neutral zone. Ruling: (9-3-3-pen) |
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| Penalize Team A – 10 yards from the previous spot and repeat the down. |
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Team A's 3rd down quick kick is blocked and remains behind the L.O.S. The ball is recovered by A-66. Ruling:
(1-4-3-c) |
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| A's ball - 4th down. Start the clock on the snap |
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Team A's kick conversion try from the 3 yard line is batted in flight above the
crossbar by B-81. The ball is then recovered by A-86 in the end zone. Ruling:
(9-4-1) |
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| Illegal batting. Award 2 points to Team A. |
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| T/F: Center A-56 is considered to have touched the ball if his hands are in a position at or below his knees. (7-1-3-a-5) |
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| Defensive nose-guard B-67 enters the neutral zone suddenly, but does not make contact with A-56. Offensive tight end A-81 reacts to the movement of B-67. Ruling: (7-1-4) |
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T/F: Runner A-20 touches defensive player B-71 whose feet are on the sideline. Ruling:
A-20 is considered to not be out of bounds. (4-2-1) |
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| T/F: Illegally blocking the kicker on a free kick will result in a 15 yard penalty from the previous spot. (9-1-3-c) |
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| T/F: On the opening kick-off of the 2nd half, the kicked ball goes out of bounds, untouched at the Team B 6 yard line. One of B's options is to have the ball - 1st and 10 at the B __ yard line. (6-2-1)D3 |
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| T/F: The penalties for illegally kicking and illegally batting the ball carry a 10-yard penalty; plus, a loss of down in some instances. (9-4-1 and 9-4-4) |
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B-43 intercepts A's forward pass at the B 4-yard line. His momentum is taking
him into the end-zone. He fumbles the ball at the B 2 yard line and the ball rolls into the end-zone where it is recovered by B-40. Ruling: (8-5-1) |
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| T/F: The blocking zone is a rectangle centered on the snapper and extending five yards laterally and three yards longitudinally in each direction. (3-2-6) |
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| False : centered on middle lineman |
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| A's field goal attempt from the B 31 yard line is short and rolls dead at the B 12 yard line. Ruling: (8-4-2)-2-6) |
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| B's ball - 1st and 10 from the B31 |
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| T/F: An injured player sent to the sideline may participate in the next play if approved by team medical personnel. (3-3-5) |
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| False: out for at least one down |
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T/F: If a Team A player is restricted at the snap in blocking below the waist-which
means he is a back in motion or outside the tackle box, or a lineman outside the seven-yard limit-then he may legally block below the waist only along the north-south line or at an angle toward the sideline closer to him when the ball was snapped. (9-1-6) |
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| B-81 intercepts a pass in his own end-zone. He fumbles the ball forward and the ball goes out of bounds, crossing the sideline at the B 8 yard line. Ruling: (7-2-4-b) |
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| T/F: No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, elbow or shoulder. When in question this is a foul. (9-1-4). |
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T/F: The 40 second play clock will not be in effect if there was an administrative
stoppage of the game. (3-2-4)3-c) |
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| False - play clock to 40 after a B injury |
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| A team is limited to having a maximum of ___ field captains. (1-1-5) |
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| A-81 goes out of bounds on his own and returns to the field of play to be the first to touch a forward pass thrown by QB A-16. Ruling: (7-3-4) |
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| loss of down from the previous spot. |
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T/F: The tackle box is the rectangular area enclosed by the neutral zone, the two lines parallel to the sidelines five yards from the middle lineman, and Team A's end line.
(2-34) |
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| False - measured from the snapper. |
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| T/F: Except when the ball is kicked from an obvious onside-kick formation, after the ball is kicked, the receiving team may not intentionally form a wedge of three or more players to block for the ball carrier. (6-1-9) |
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Following an official's time-out for any injured player, the 40/25 second play clock will be set to 25.
(3-2-2-h) |
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| False - 40 if Team B player |
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On 2nd down, A-32 runs out of bounds during the 3rd quarter at the A 48 yard line. A's ball - 3rd down.Ruling: Start the clock on the ___
(3-2-5-a-12)-6) |
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Team A's free kick is muffed by B-83 in his own end-zone. The ball bounces
forward into the field of play and out of bounds at the B 4 yard line. Ruling: (6-2-2)e |
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| B's ball, 1st and 10 at the B 4 yard line. |
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| T/F: Beginning in 2011, the foul for "illegal participation" has been eliminated and all infractions involving too many players are called "illegal substitution" and carry a five-yard penalty. (3-5-3)-4) |
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