2016 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 or if there will be an extension of the period.

1. PLAY: 4th/goal B10. A7's field goal attempt is blocked and hits the ground on B's 7. The ball then rebounds to B's 13 where B44 muffs it. A84 recovers on B's 9.


2. PLAY: Late in the fourth quarter, Team A is ahead 10-7 and punts. B22 is returning the kick as time expires. When he reaches the A-4, B22 completes a forward pass to B44 who is standing in Team A’s end zone.


3. PLAY: 4th/3 B6. A32 is hit and fumbles the ball on B's 4. B55 intentionally kicks the grounded loose ball backwards from B's 3 into and through Team B's end zone.


4. PLAY: 3rd/5 B20. B44 intercepts a legal forward pass on B's 3 and his momentum carries him into his end zone. While still in the end zone, he fumbles. The ball rolls forward, goes into the field of play, and in the scramble A33 intentionally kicks the ball into the end zone and over the end line.


5. PLAY: 4th/6 B26. The score is A22-B27. A4 attempts a field goal. B44, in the end zone, leaps above the crossbar and bats the ball in flight. B44 recovers in B's end zone and advances to B's 22 where he fumbles. A66 recovers on B's 24 while grounded.


6. PLAY: 3rd/16 A34. Tight end A88 runs his route and B29 commits a holding foul on A's 40. A88 changes his route and A18 throws a pass in A88's direction. The ball goes off A88's hands and falls incomplete on the 50.


7. PLAY: 3rd/10 A40. QB A14's legal forward pass bounces off A87's shoulder pad on A's 39 and A87 secures possession of the airborne ball on A's 42. A87 runs out of bounds on B's 46. A77 was downfield blocking B56 on A's 45 before the pass was thrown.


Rom Gilbert / pigskin@romgilbert.us / September 11, 2016 / (q-1603q)