Thread: Loss of Down?
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Old Sun Oct 23, 2011, 12:13am
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by stiffler3492 View Post
Watching my local high school's game tonight. Quarterback throws a fade to his receiver in the end zone. Official calls OPI on the play.

The officials penalized 15 yards AND loss of down. Never seen that before. Is that the correct rule?
Yes. NCAA & NFL formerly had the loss of down too, but first NFL and then NCAA eliminated it.

Go farther back and it was loss of ball.
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