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In Florida, 30 points in the second half = running clock.
I did have, on one occasion long ago, an unusual game ending situation. One team was down to only ten players due to injury. In the second play of the third quarter, another player went down, leaving them with only nine and trailing by 60 points or so. The coach and the boys didn't want to forfeit by quitting before playing four quarters, and the coach of the team ahead didn't want to continue beating the pulp out of them, so we came up with this solution: According to the rules, any quarter may be shortened by mutual agreement of the opposing coaches and the referee. We had already had two plays in the third quarter, so we agreed to shorten the third quarter to - you guessed it - two plays. We then turned everyone around and the nine-man defense stopped a "quarterback sneak" for no gain, in the first, last, and only play of the fourth quarter. The game was complete (four quarters) and we all went home satisfied that we had done the right thing.
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