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The succeeding spot is the previous spot only after a legal forward pass. 7-5 Art 2, 3, and 5.
"If the pass is legal, the passing team next snaps the ball at the previous spot, unless lost after fourth down"
"If the penalty for an illegal forward pass is accepted, measurement is from the spot of such forward pass. If the offended team declines the distance penalty, it has the choice of having the down counted at the spot of the illegal incomplete forward pass or (if the illegal forward pass is caught or intercepted) of having the ball put in play as determined by the action which followed the catch."
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