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REPLY: Let's get you straight on this. If a defensive player catches a kick or fumble or intercepts a forward or backward pass and his original momentum takes him into his own endzone, the ball remains alive. DO NOT BLOW IT DEAD! He can attempt to advance it. If however, it becomes dead in his endzone in his team's possession (he's tackled there, he fumbles it OOB, he throws a backward pass to a teammate who muffs it across the endline, etc.), the ball is awarded to his team 1-10 at the spot of the catch. In your play that would be the 1/2 ft line. Note that the defensive player must get this possession as a result of a "catch" or an "interception" which means he possesses it while in flight. In Federation rules, this momentum exception is not extend3ed to situations where the defensive player gets possession of a grounded kick, backward pass, or fumble. NCAA rules do extend the momentum exception to recoveries.
By the way, give this post to "Another guy" to get him straight on it.
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Bob M.
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