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Old Sun Aug 19, 2018, 02:50pm
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Originally Posted by ilyazhito View Post
There seem to be some inconsistencies though. On the one hand, the game ends if the defensive team scores a safety or touchdown, but the ball becomes dead as soon as the defensive team gains possession. How does that work? How can the defense score if the ball becomes dead as soon as they possess it?
The only way for the defense to score a touchdown would be for the defense to recover the ball in the opponent's end zone. The ball would immediately become dead as you point out, but the result of the play would also be a touchdown.
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