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Old Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:37pm
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Originally Posted by Oklahoma official View Post
On page 89 of the NFHS football rule book, under Resolving Tied Games, it talks about: "If a safety is scored by the offensive team, the succeeding spot will the 10 yard line, etc." How can an offensive team score a safety???
Yes, they can. As Altor wrote, a fumble on the 1, and B34 bats the ball across his goal line where B41 falls on it/ Safety, 2 points for Team A.

If Team B has not yet had their series, then it's 1st and goal from the 10 for Team B.
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