Questions

[Skijunki07]

O.K....2 questions:
1) The ball is snapped over the punters head and into the end zone. He runs back and kicks the ball out the SIDE of the end zone. What should the resulting call be?
2) The ball is punted. The receiving team fumbles and the ball is recovered by the kicking team. But, right before the fumble, the kicking team gets called for a facemask penalty. Who gets the ball and where should it be placed?

Thanks all.

[jTheUmp]

1) Safety. Doesn't matter if the kick is legal or not (or, if an illegal kick, if the penalty is accepted or declined).

2) Assuming you mean that the kick was fielded cleanly by R (not muffed), then you simply have a facemask penalty during a running play by the team not in possession of the ball. Enforce accordingly. (ie, from the end of the related run/spot of the fumble).

[Skijunki07]

So, in #2, the kicking team would maintain possession since they recovered the fumble, then get penalized for the facemask from where the ball was recovered?

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Skijunki07

So, in #2, the kicking team would maintain possession since they recovered the fumble, then get penalized for the facemask from where the ball was recovered?

No, because as he said, you enforce from the end of the run during which the foul occurred, and that run was by the receiving team's player.

[Skijunki07]

The receiving team's player fumbled the ball, which was recovered by the kicking team's player. But, there was a facemask against the receiving team right before the fumble. So, the receiving team's player did not complete a run. Does the facemask call nullify the fumble?

[Skijunki07]

Got it figured out. Thanks for your help, guys...appreciate it.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Skijunki07

The receiving team's player fumbled the ball, which was recovered by the kicking team's player. But, there was a facemask against the receiving team right before the fumble. So, the receiving team's player did not complete a run. Does the facemask call nullify the fumble?

There are several ways a run can end... the runner fumbling the ball is one of those ways.