2016 MINI MISSIVE #11


PUNT / ILLEGAL TOUCH / FOUL / TOUCHDOWN

10-2-5-a-1: Penalties for personal fouls and for unsportsmanlike fouls (by the nonscoring team) are enforced on the try or the succeeding kickoff. .......
10-2-5-a-2: Penalties for all other fouls ... are declined by rule unless enforcement is made possible by illegal touching of a kick during the down. [COMMENT: Pigskin Page has split decision on Ruling #5]

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PLAY

RULING

1
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 22. B44 recovers on B's 18 and advances to B's 27 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and scores. During the kick, B77 is flagged for blocking below the waist on B's 16.
Touchdown. The 15-yard penalty for B77's personal foul is enforced on the try or the succeeding kickoff if there is a succeeding kickoff. Ruling same regardless of when the foul occurs. (10-2-5-a-1 trumps all)
2
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 22. B44 recovers on B's 18 and advances to B's 27 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and scores. During A66's run, B77 is flagged for holding.
B 1/10 B22 . The penalty cannot be enforced from B's goal line so the 10-yard penalty for B77's foul is declined by rule. The ball belongs to Team B at the spot of illegal touching.
(A.R. 6-3-2-III)
3
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 22. B44 recovers on B's 18 and advances to B's 27 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and scores. During B44's run, B77 is flagged for holding on B's 16.
B 1/10 B8. The 10-yard penalty for B77's foul is enforced half the distance from B's 16. If Team A declines the penalty, Team B would take the ball at the spot of illegal touching, B's 22.
(A.R. 6-3-2-IV)
4
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 22. B44 recovers on B's 18 and advances to B's 37 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and scores. During B44's run, B77 is flagged for holding on B's 34.
B 1/10 B22. Team A will decline the 10-yard penalty for B77's foul since it would be B 1/10 B24. Team B will then take the ball at the spot of illegal touching, B's 22. (A.R. 6-3-2-IV)
5
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 32. B44 recovers on B's 28 and advances to B's 37 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and scores. During the kick, B77 is flagged for holding on B's 36.
A 1/10 50. The 10-yard penalty for B77's foul is enforced from the previous spot. If Team A declines the penalty, Team B would take the ball at the spot of illegal touching, B's 32. This ruling may be consistent with A.R. 6-3-2-IV. [5-2-3-a]
6
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 22. B44 recovers on B's 18 and advances to B's 27 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and scores. During A66's run, A55 is flagged for holding on B's 12.
B 1/10 B22 . Team B will decline the penalty for A55's foul. The ball belongs to Team B at the spot of illegal touching, B's 22.
7
4/10 A40. A4's punt is illegally touched by A88 on B's 22. B44 recovers on B's 18 and advances to B's 27 when he fumbles. A66 recovers and is downed on B's 4. During A66's run, B77 is flagged for holding.
A 1/goal B2 . The 10-yard penalty for B77's foul is enforced half the distance from the end of A66's run, B's 4. For contrast, consider Play #2 above if it ends with A66 carrying a host of Team B players into B's end zone for a touchdown.
pigskin@romgilbert.us / August 16, 2016 / (p-1611)