NFHS Personal Foul Question

[Eastshire]

I'm not a football official so I'm not sure about what I saw at the game tonight.

NFHS rules: 2/10 at A30. A12 muffs the snap and falls on it at the A23. He is then hit by 2 B players. A flag is thrown for personal foul - late hit. The foul is enforced 15 yards from the end of the run to the A38. This was short of the line to gain so the next play was 2/2 at the A38.

My question is shouldn't this have been a dead ball foul with the next play 3/2 from the A38? By definition, doesn't a late hit foul happen during a dead ball?

(As an aside, there was a coach's conference on the enforcement for A which took 5-10 minutes to convince A's coach they didn't get an automatic first down.)

[asdf]

From what you describe, it should be 3rd and 2 from the 38.

Unless the Personal Foul was for Illegal Helmet Contact (although nobody ever calls that ) before the ball was deemed secured by A12......

[Adam]

Had a horse collar called to day on a 2nd and goal play. Coach for A wanted first and goal.

Of course coach for B wanted to say the jersey is not a horse collar.

[bigjohn]

Originally Posted by asdf

From what you describe, it should be 3rd and 2 from the 38.

Unless the Personal Foul was for Illegal Helmet Contact (although nobody ever calls that ) before the ball was deemed secured by A12......