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Old Fri Oct 29, 2004, 04:49pm
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Originally posted by ljudge
Very highly unlikely but....if A had committed a boat load of penalties and were somehow backed up to their own goal line and fumbled in the field of play and the ball was forced into their own endzone by their force and B fell on it, then it would be a TD for B.

In NJ rules, the ball doesn't become dead when B gets the ball on a turnover. It remains live and B could score which isn't far fetched.
A fumbled ball in the field of play could be put into the end zone by a new force by B. B covers, it's a safety.
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