2014 FOOTBALL RULES & INTERPRETATIONS

QUIZ: WEEK #3


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, if ZAP 10 is a factor or if there will be an extension of the period.

1. PLAY: 3rd/8 B48. A88 catches a legal forward pass and scores a touchdown. B94 commits a personal foul during the down. Team A elects to enforce the 15-yard penalty on the succeeding kickoff. The kick for the extra point is successful. B77 is offside. B66 commits a dead ball personal foul. Team A elects to go for two points.


2. PLAY: 2nd/3 A37. A24 is advancing on B's 48 when an inadvertent whistle sounds. A66 holds on A's 39 during A24's run.


3. PLAY: F/K A35. B45 catches A4's free kick in B's end zone, runs to his left, and while still in B's end zone, turns and throws a backward pass to B29 on the other side of the end zone. The backward pass is muffed by B29 and bounces out to B's 2 where it goes out of bounds. Game clock during the down?


4. PLAY: 3rd/6 A34. While running the option, A18 is hit on A's 33 and fumbles. The ball is rolling on A's 36 when muffed by A66. The ball rolls backward to A's 32 where A18 picks up the ball. A18 immediately throws a pass to A84 who catches the pass on A's 37 and advances to A's 49 where he is downed. Play clock?


5. PLAY: 3rd/4 A46. Team B is in a five man line with B96 directly across from tackle A77. A88 is the tight end next to A77. Prior to the snap, B96 slants toward the gap and enters the neutral zone between guard A66 and A77. A88 reacts immediately and moves.


6. PLAY: 2nd/7 B20. Neither team has timeouts remaining. A88 is tackled near B's 13. A few seconds after the ball is dead, A78 commits a personal foul. When the officials flag this foul and stop the game clock, the game clock shows 0:07 in the fourth quarter. A measurement shows that Team A made a first down by one inch. Game clock?


7. PLAY: 4th/17 A13. A4's punt is blocked and hits on A's 16. The ball takes a reverse bounce and is rolling on A's 8 when B96 bats the ball forward. B95 recovers three blades of grass (one yard) from A's goal line and crosses A's goal line with the ball.


Rom Gilbert / pigskin@romgilbert.us / September 2, 2014 / (q-1403q)