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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
I was at the game that might've been what caused NFL to change their enforcement spot on that. 49ers at Giants; it resulted in a new 1st & 10 (which it already was), but a yard and a half behind the previous spot.
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NFL:
On a running play with no change of possession, if the run ends behind the line of scrimmage, and there's a defensive penalty behind the line of scrimmage, the spot of enforcement is either from the end of the run or the spot of the foul...whichever spot is more advantageous to the offense. If enforcement leads to the offense being short of the previous spot, the ball is advanced to the previous spot along with an automatic first down.
In the OP's case, if that happened in an NFL game, the ball would be advanced to the previous spot with an automatic first down.