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Old Sat Sep 08, 2001, 10:59am
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Okay guys, this explanation is for a player, not for officials

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Originally posted by Joel_5
I will tell the story in first person. My team punted the ball, and the ball bounced off the returner and into the endzone and my team recovered it. Explain to me why that is not a touchdown.
When any kick that doesn't score goes into the endzone, it is a touchback. It doesn't matter if the receiver has touched the ball or not. Once the ball goes into the EZ, the receiver cannot return it and neither team can recover it. It's already dead.

That's why it wasn't a touchdown.
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