QUIZ ANSWERS: 2013 WEEK #6


1. RULING: Touchdown. B try A3. A14 throws an illegal forward pass from A's 26. B55 does not foul since the pass is not a legal forward pass. B55 may push A88 but may not pull A88 to get to the ball. It would also be a touchdown if this was a fourth down play.


2. RULING: A 4/21 A39; Snap. Team B is not in possession when the down ends. The illegal touching occurred in the field of play. Team B is likely to accept the penalty. The 15-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot, B's 46. Team B could elect to take the ball at the spot of illegal touching, B's 3. It would be B 1/10 B3. If A56 commits his foul during A67's advance, Team B could (a) decline the penalty and take the ball at the spot of illegal touching; or (b) accept the penalty with with the penalty enforced by the Three-and-One Principle.


3. RULING: B 1/10 B2; Snap. The result of the play is a free kick out of bounds even though the ball may not have crossed the plane of the sideline. There is no foul for a free kick out of bounds because a Team B player touched the ball. The ball remains a live ball in B's end zone since a Team B player touched the ball prior to the ball touching the ground in B's end zone. The ball becomes dead when touched by A88 who has a foot out of bounds. Since A88 never had possession of the ball, Team B is awarded the ball at the spot of the ball when touched by A88. The kick ended when the ball became dead.


4. RULING: B 1/10 A25. The clock starts on the snap. Team B could have elected the safety and it would be A f/k A20. Based on the score and time remaining, Team B will likely accept the penalty enforced 15 yards from the spot where the subsequent dead ball belongs to Team B, A's 40.


5. RULING: A 4/10 A40. The play is reviewable. The ruling on the field is reversed. The result of the play is an incomplete legal forward pass. Time will be put back on the clock. All action after the incomplete pass is during a dead ball. If video shows that A16 did fumble, then the subsequent fumble or lack thereof by B94 would be reviewable. If a fumble by A16 and B94 ruled down, the 10-yard penalty for B56's holding foul would be enforced from A's 36.


6. RULING: B 1/10 A41. The five yard penalty will be enforced from A's 46, the spot where the dead ball belongs to Team B. If a Team A player recovered the ball on A's 49, Team B would take the ball at the spot of illegal touching, A's 43. Team B must decline the penalty to take the ball at the spot of illegal touching. The penalty must be completed before Team B may take the ball at the spot of illegal touching unless the illegal touching occurs in Team B's end zone.


7. RULING: B 1/10 A23. The result of the play is a touchback. A77 committed an illegal touching violation on A's 23 since the punt crossed the neutral zone. The recovery and advance by B96 is legal. The ball became dead when it hit the goal line pylon.


Rom Gilbert / rom.gilbert@sfcollege.edu September 30, 2013 / (q-1306a)