2011 FOOTBALL RULES & INTERPRETATIONS

QUIZ: WEEK #11


RULING FORMAT: Team (A or B) in possession, down, distance and succeeding spot (example: A 1/10 A40). If relevant, also include other information such as whether the 25 or 40-second play clock will be used, whether the game clock starts on the ready or snap or if there will be an extension of the period.

1. PLAY: Fourth and 10 on B's 30. Potential holder A4, with a knee down and A7 in position to kick the ball, passes the ball to blocking back A36 who advances to B's 22 where he fumbles. The ball is batted backward by B94 and rolls out of bounds on B's 18. At the snap, B44 ran forward toward the neutral zone, leaped and landed on right guard A66.


2. PLAY: Fourth and 10 on A's 30. B44 is in position to catch A6's punt on B's 40. A88 blocks B47 in the back into B44. The ball hits B47 on B's 40 and A84 recovers the ball on B's 38. The ball would not have hit B47 without the block.


3. PLAY: Fourth and two on B's 32. Team A calls a trap play where the left tackle is to trap the noseguard. Snapper A55 is blocking noseguard B98 at the thigh when left tackle A77 takes two steps to his right and blocks B98 at the knees. A34 takes a delayed handoff and runs up the middle behind A77's block to B's 24 where he is downed.


4. PLAY: Third and 6 on A's 14. A 11's legal forward pass is caught on A's 16 by A88 who advances to A's 33 where he fumbles. B22 recovers the ball on A's 36 and advances to A's 2 where he is hit and fumbles. The ball hits the goal line pylon. Team A had an illegal formation. B65 committed a block in the back foul on A's 7 during B22's run.


5. PLAY: Third and 10 on B's 20. B44 intercepts A16's legal forward pass on B's 2 and his momentum carries him into B's end zone. B44 attempts to run the ball out of B's end zone, enters the field of play and then returns to B's end zone where he is downed. The complete ball entered the field of play and then returned to B's end zone during B44's run.


6. PLAY: Fourth and 10 on A's 40. A4's punt is caught by B44 on B's 24 and advanced to A's 25 where he is downed. B44 runs off the field carrying the ball and is flagged. After penalty enforcement and the ready for play, B44 comes to the sideline and shouts obscene abuse at an official and is flagged.


7. PLAY: Free kick on A's 20. A4's kick is high and towards Team A's sideline. B56 gives a valid fair catch signal on the 50 but stumbles and is unable to get into position to catch the kick. The ball hits the ground and bounces towards Team B's goal line. As A35 is pursuing the ball, B56 grabs A35 on B's 47. Instead of throwing his flag, the LJ blows his whistle when the ball is on B's 39.


Rom Gilbert / rom.gilbert@sfcollege.edu / November 7, 2011 / (q-1111q)