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Originally Posted by stegenref
First and ten...runner runs five yards, then gets called for a face mask, and is downed two yards later. So the ball is sitting seven yards past the LOS, the flag is five yards past the LOS. What is the penalty, enforcement spot, and is there a loss of down? I couldn't find anything in the rulebook about an offensive face mask, but last night we took the offense back five yards from the succeeding spot and replayed the down, so it became first and eight. I was thinking the penalty should be enforced from the spot of the foul and it doesn't seem fair that the offense got to replay the down.
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This was a running play for penalty enforcement reasons. Now apply ABO. Foul occured behind the end of the run, so penalize them 5-yard from the spot of the foul. This is an accepted penalty that does not include a loss of down, so Team A gets to replay the down.