QUIZ ANSWERS: 2010 WEEK #13


1. RULING: A 4/13 A37. A88 fouls when he returns inbounds during the down since he did not return inbounds immediately after being blocked out of bounds. A88 did not foul before he returned to the field of play during B44's run. The 5-yard penalty would be tacked on if Team B was in possession when the down ends. Team A is in possession so the 5-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot, A's 42. Under the current rule, this would be a foul even if A88 was blocked out of bounds after B44 got possession, ran out of bounds for several yards and then returned inbounds.


2. RULING: A f/k A25. The block by B96 on kicker A4 is legal since A4 has advanced five yards beyond his restraining line. The penalty is 15 yards if the kicker is blocked before advancing the five yards. The kicker may also be legally blocked if the kick has touched a player, an official or the ground. The block by A88 on B62 is an illegal block since a Team A player was not eligible to touch the free kicked ball. The penalty is five yards from the previous spot. The "tack on" or "carryover" penalty enforcement does not apply since the subsequent dead ball does not belong to Team B.


3. RULING: B 1/10 B37. The series ends when Team A fails to make a first down on fourth down. The penalties for the first two dead ball fouls by B56 and A27 were completed when reported to the referee and cancel. The 15-yard penalty for the dead ball personal foul by A78 is enforced from the succeeding spot, B's 22.


4. RULING: B 1/10 B11. Postscrimmage kick enforcement applies. Team B will decline offsetting fouls. Team A will then accept the penalty for B87's foul. The postscrimmage kick spot is the previous spot, B's 28. The 15-yard penalty is enforced half the distance from the spot of the foul, B's 22. If the attempt was successful, the fouls would offset and the down would be replayed. If Team A was in a legal formation and the try was successful, Team A could accept the 15-yard penalty enforced from the previous spot. It would be A 1/10 B14. Postscrimmage kick enforcement no longer applies on successful field goals.


5. RULING: B 1/10 B3 The batting is not a foul since the ball was batted backward from the field of play. The postscrimmage kick spot is B's 6. The 10-yard penalty is enforced half the distance from B's 6. Team B may not elect to take the ball at the spot of A84's illegal touching, B's 8, prior to acceptance or declination of the penalty. This option exists only if the illegal touching occurs in Team B's end zone.


6. RULING: A 2/18 B48. A88 commits a false start. The 5-yard penalty is enforced from the succeeding spot, B's 43. The two personal fouls offset each other. The two penalties cancel. The penalty for the first personal foul was not completed when the second personal foul occurred. Only dead ball personal and unsportsmanlike fouls can offset each other. If A66 had not fouled, it would be A 1/10 B33.


7. RULING: B 1/10 A18. Team B is likely to take the ball at the inbounds spot where the backward pass went out of bounds. Team B may not elect penalty enforcement from where the subsequent dead ball belongs to Team B since this is not a scrimmage kick play. If Team B accepts the penalty, it is a safety since the enforcement spot is in Team A's end zone. Team B might consider accepting the penalty if they are behind by nine or more points late in the fourth quarter.


Rom Gilbert / rom.gilbertr@sfcollege.edu / November 22, 2010 / (q-1013a)