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Ok...we should get this clear. I don't have a Fed book with me, but I do have the NCAA book. Rule 8-6 discusses Touchbacks. Rule 8-6-1 says that it is a touchback if the ball "...becomes dead in the possession of a
player on, above or behind his own goal line and the attacking team is
responsible for the ball being there". Also, approved ruling 8-6-1-II states "The ball is not automatically dead when intercepted. However, if in the judgment of the official there is perceptible time during which the Team B player made no attempt to advance after the interception, declaring a touchback is justified." I think this gives us the wiggle room we need to justify calling a TB on the play you describe.
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