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Originally Posted by The Roamin' Umpire
All that matters when deciding touchback or safety is the reason the ball crossed the goal line in the first place. A forced the ball into B's endzone, therefore this is a touchback. (Just as if the B player fell on the ball, or if he was tackled, or if he went to one knee on his own.)
The rule reference is NFHS 8-5-3c.
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That was the consesus of most of us, the one White Hat still argued that because B stepped out of the back of the endzone it was a safety.
My understanding and he couldn't understand this, is that if force by A puts the ball in the endzone, there won't be a safety on B unless a penalty occurs in the endzone.
Thanks for the help guys.