Football Rules and Regulations

Flag football or touch football

Typically it's 7 yards. So if the line of scrimmage is on the 35 yard line then you add 7 yards for the kickers depth behind the line and then 10 yards for the depth of the endzone totaling in a 52 yard field goal.

Playing the ball on the ground when attacking you should give a lead in front of them of about 1-2 feet. Watch Pele in the 1970 Football World Cup Final to see it done at its best

if they are running forward, then a little way in front. if they are standing still and want the ball the pass should be directly to them.

Once the ball has gone 10 yards after being kicked during a kickoff, the ball is indeed live! During a punt, however, someone on the receiving team must touch the football for it to be live. The ball is always live during a kick. The only thing in question is who can recover, and when. On free kicks (including kickoffs and free kicks following a safety), the receiving team can recover the ball at any time, and the kicking team can recover either after it has traveled 10 yards or after the receiving team touches it after any distance. On scrimmage kicks (field goals and punts), the kicking team gives up possession of the ball unless (1) the ball fails to cross the line of scrimmage, (2) the kicking team then recovers the ball, and (3) the down played was not 4th down. In any other situation, the receiving team takes the ball. Once the ball crosses the line of scrimmage, the only way the kicking team can retake possession is if the receiving team fumbles, muffs, or touches the ball and the kicking team recovers.

The other team would only get the ball under certain conditions. If the quarterback was sacked on the 4th down, then the opposing team would get the ball. That is not due to the sacking, however, it is due to the fact that you only get 4 downs to gain 10 yards before a turnover. If a quarterback is tackled and fumbles the ball, the other team can get the ball, but the quarterback will not be considered sacked.

Yards are a unit of measurement on a football field. A field has 100 yards. The end zone has 10 yards. Yards tell how far the ball has moved.

yes you can Brett favre has done it numerous times

If it is the first forward pass or a lateral, yes. There is no difference (in the rules) between passing overhand or underhand.

110 Feet (original answer) x 3 comprises only the interior length of a football field or 110 yards. The width is 65 yards and each endzone is 20 yards long. Therefore the perimeter of a regulation Canadian football field is (20+110+20)x2 + 65x2 or 280 yards.

For a delay of game, the team is penalized 5 yards.

It will depend on the no. Of person and the kind of person that he/she is very lazy or not.

If they are lazy it will take more than hour and if they are not lazy the football mow will cut less than in an hour

No.

if you return it you get 2 points

Yes, Depending on when the ball touches the ground and when the ball leaves the players hands..Thats usually how they challenge a incomplete pass in the NFL or NCAA

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In college football, yes. If the score is tied at the end of an overtime period, the game continues. Overtime rules in college football are set up so that there cannot be a tie game ... overtime periods will be played until one team is ahead at the end of an OT period. In the NFL, not in the regular season. If no team scores in the overtime period, the game ends and is declared a tie. Obviously, in the playoffs there can be a double overtime as those games must have a winner.

It is not a dead ball until someone downs (touches) it.

When the ball is fumbled, it can be recovered by any player on the field. if the defense recovers the fumble, the defensive player can attempt to run the ball in order to gain yards, because once it is clear that the defense have the ball, it is officially in their possession. If the offense regains control of the ball it is an automatic first down.

Yes, as long as the player does not climb upon his own team's player.

The ball is about 11 inches (28 cm) long and about 22 inches (56 cm) in circumference at the center.

Yes.

1) The punting team can regain possession if the receiving team commits a penalty prior to the punt that gives the punting team enough yardage for a first down.

The punting team can also regain possession if one of the players on the receiving team attempting to block the punt hits the punter immediately after the punt without having first touched the ball after it left the punter's foot. The resulting penalty can be 5 yards or 15 yards and is a judgment call by the referee. The five yard penalty is called 'running into the punter' and the 15 yard penalty is called 'roughing the punter'. Basically, the difference in the penalties is how hard the punter is hit or whether the punter has his punting leg high in the air when he is hit (almost always results in a 15 yard penalty). If the penalty is 15 yards, the punting team retains possession and is awarded a first down. If it is a 5 yard penalty, should the added five yards not result in giving the punting team a first down, they can decline the penalty and allow the receiving team to take possession where the play was blown dead or they can accept the penalty and decide whether they want to try for a first down or to punt the ball again.

There are some times when a receiving team player may hit the punter without first touching the ball and no penalty is called. Should the punter drop the ball or the snap from center hits the ground before the punter gets possession or the punter takes a step or steps as if he is going to run the ball instead of punt, the punter then is considered a runner and not a punter. No running into/roughing the punter penalty can be called unless the contact is considered extreme and/or intentional and then the penalty is 15 yards for 'unnecessary roughness'. Punters and place kickers are given extra protection by the rules of the game because they are in a very vulnerable position when they make contact with the ball and during their follow through. As long as there is no trickery by the punter, the snap is good, and the punter does not drop the ball the receiving team may not make contact with him after a punt that they have not touched without a penalty being called. Again, there is one caveat to this. A running into/roughing penalty cannot be called if the member of the receiving team that hits the punter does so due to being blocked into the punter by a member of the punting team. If the impetus of the receiving team's player is due to a block from the punting team's player, no penalty is called.

2) The punting team can regain possession if the receiving team fumbles the ball while returning the punt and the punting team recovers or if the ball touches a member of the receiving team prior to being possessed by a member of the receiving team and the punting team recovers (this is called a 'muff'). The rules are different pertaining to fumbling a punt return and muffing a punt return. If the ball is fumbled, the punting team can gain possession and advance the ball as far as they can. If the ball is muffed, the punting team can gain possession but they cannot advance the ball. The play will be whistled dead at the time the punting team gains possession of a muffed punt and the ball will be spotted at the yard line where the punting team gained possession.

That's my take and it kinda goes off on a couple of tangents. But there is some explanation that needs to be done in an attempt to cover the bases when answering this question. Any referees out there that can add on to this?

In the NFL and NCAA, goal posts are 6 inches wide. High school football fields usually use goal posts that are 4 inches wide.

the wildcard is a division awarded to the team with the most amazing plays/outs

The wildcard team in the baseball playoffs is the teams with the most wins that did not win a division title.

As in a forward pass?? No. It is still live if it does not touch the ground. ANSWER: A football remains a live ball if it strikes an official in the field of play. If an official is out of bounds when the ball touches him/her, then the ball is deemed to be out of bounds. Yes and no. The officials are considered an extension of the field. Therefore, if a forward pass strikes an official, it's the same as if the ball hit the ground -- it's dead. I've seen games before where a forward pass hit an umpire, and the play was immediately whistled over.

If a backwards pass or a loose ball hits an official, it would therefore still be a live ball, since hitting the ground doesn't normally kill a ball under those circumstances.

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Offsetting penalties are when both teams have committed a penalty on the same play. Offset means the two penalties cancel each other out.

Offsetting penalties only occur on LIVE BALL penalties. These are flags that occur during the play (after or concurrent with the snap, before the ball is dead at the completion of the play). These are penalties that are not whistled dead at the snap, or flags after the play (usually unsportsmanlike, late hits, etc...).

If a live ball foul occurs on both the offense and defense, they 'offset' meaning neither foul will be penalized, and the down is replayed.

If multiple dead ball fouls occur between plays on the offense and defense, ALL fouls are penalized in the order in which they occurred. While it may seem like it wouldn't matter (if both the offense and defense had unsportsman like fouls at the same time during a deadball phase), since they yardage is the same going both ways, there are special exceptions that can happen.

For example, if you have two (one on offense, one on defense, with the offenses one happening first) dead ball unsportsman likes penalties, and the ball is at the offenses 20 yard line, the result wouldn't be at the offenses 20 yard line, but the offenses 25 yard line. The reason is that the 15 yard penalty is first against the offense, and since the ball is inside the offenses 30 yard line, the penalty yardage is half the distance to the goal, which would be 10 yards and place the ball at the 10. Now you assess the defenses penalty, giving the offense 15 yards, so the ball is placed at the 25 yard line.

A "free kick" is any kick that is not a scrimmage kick. This includes kickoffs, or kicks that put the ball in play following a safety or a fair catch.

A "scrimmage" kick, on the other hand, is a kick that takes place on a regular down or a try, when the ball must be snapped. This includes (most) punts, field-goal attempts and PATs.

Kickoffs cannot be punted, but any other type of free kick can be punted, place-kicked or drop-kicked.