Football Rules and Regulations

Yes. You can watch a video of Robert Meachem from the New Orleans Saints doing just this at this link.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/09000d5d814beadd/Week-13-Jaw-dropper

It used to be left on the field during the play and picked up afterwards by anyone from a ball boy to a coaching assistant to the back judge. In todays games, one of the ref's not involved in looking for kick off penalties picks it up and tosses it off the field of play as soon as all players have cleared the area.

You have four years of original eligibility. You can gain a fifth year of eligibility by redshirting, which means you can practice and dress out for games with the team but cannot participate in any game during season or post-season play. If a player that has been redshirted plays in a game during his redshirted year, he will lose his fifth year of eligibility and is no longer redshirted.

A penalty pass is awarded when an obstruction or contact call is given by the umpire.

The "injured" player must stay off the field for at least the next play or his team will be charged with a "time out". (What happens if the team has no time outs remaining, I don't know)

A block down field beyond the line of scrimmage

There are 18 games in a season of arena football.

I have the same question as in last nights Vikings Packers game that is exactly what happened and there was no flag. I thought there should have been. Now I don't know. The result of that play was a tipped ball for an interception.

Penalties in football are either 5, 10, or 15 yards, and sometimes just "spot of the foul". When the yardage awarded is more than half the distance to the goal line, the referee will just give half the distance to the goal. Penal fouls occurring in the end zone are usually placed on the 1-yard line or just barely outside the end zone, depending on the league's rules.

No. There may be only one forward pass per play. Once the quarterback catches the ball, it is considered a completed forward pass and there may not be another forward pass made during the play.

Near the end of a close game where the defense is ahead and is trying to burn the clock, the officials will try to spot the ball as quickly as possible following a running play, before too much time runs off the game clock. Sometimes the defense will try to prevent the officials from spotting the ball quickly. The tacklers may refuse to get up off the ball carrier, or may "accidentally" flip or kick the ball away from the officials. Such actions can result in the defense being flagged for delay of game.

Offensive tackles are responsible for blocking defensive players on all offensive plays (running & passing). Defensive tackles are responsible for clogging the middle of the line (between the hash marks) so the offense will have difficulty running up the middle and so the quarterback won't be able to step into his pass attempts or escape up the middle if he can't throw the ball.

dallas cowboys. in 1972.

If the teams are tied after 9 innings, they have as many innings as they need until the other team scores a run. However, if the visitor team (the team that bats first in the inning) scores a run in an extra inning, the home team still gets to bat to try and score a run. Example: 8-8 in the tenth inning. The visitor team scores. The score is 9-8. The home team still gets to bat and if they score a run and tie again, the process is repeated. But if they get two runs and win, no more innings are needed.

Yes. There is no rule about the kicking team passing the 10 yard mark before the ball, only that the kicking team cannot touch the ball before it travels 10 yards unless the ball is first touched by a member of the receiving team.

A field goal can be attempted from anywhere on the field, so the distance from the 40 yard line isn't really relevant to anything.

If you're asking how many extra yards the ball must travel relative to the line of scrimmage, you must allow seven yards to snap the ball back to the holder, plus ten yards to reach the back of the end zone (where the uprights are positioned).

Therefore, if the line of scrimmage is the 40-yard line, you would have a 57-yard field goal attempt.

If a field goal attempt is deflected by an opposing player, that deflection is considered a Blocked attempt.

The free kick is considered one of two types of kickoffs even though it uses a drop kick, according to the NFL rules:"Once the ball is touched by the receiving team or has gone 10 yards, it is a free ball." Conversely, there are the same penalties if it goes out of bounds so it risks a 30 yd penalty.

Yes. The rules for a free kick after a safety are the same as the rules for a free kick after a touchdown or field goal.

Agreed. Just two points of clarification on the original answer:

1. The free kick after a safety isn't a drop kick. A drop kick is a specific type of kick in which the ball is struck after it bounces off the ground. What you usually see after a safety is just a punt without a line of scrimmage in front of the kicker.

2. An onside kick that goes out of bounds doesn't incur the 30-yard penalty. The receiving team gets the ball at the spot where the ball went out of bounds.

He currently (08 sep. 2008) has no contract, so right now the answer is no.

He is however trying to get a contract or at least a one game gig to get the oldest NFL player ever, but so far there is no deal

You are allowed 4 downs. It is common to punt the ball on fourth down if you are not confident about getting the fourth down, or when necessary.