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Originally Posted by bisonlj
In an interesting rules twist, A benefits from fumbling in this play. Had the QB held on to the ball the penalty would have been enforced from the goal line.
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It's enforced from the goal line regardless of the type of play, in part to prevent exactly this kind of benefit from fumbling. 10-4-7
ART 7 . . . The basic spot is the goal line for fouls, which are committed during
running plays by the opponent of the team in possession at the time of the
foul when the team in possession is responsible for forcing the ball across its
own goal line,
and the related run ends in the end zone and is followed by a loose
ball, regardless of where the loose ball becomes dead.