Free Kick After Fair Catch

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Originally posted by gsf23
The article makes it sound like they caught the punt and ran it out of bounds?? That can't be right, can it.

Sounds like a mistake by someone. Either the story has it wrong or the officials got it wrong. The free-kick has to come after a fair catch or awarded fair catch. If they ran it out of bounds after catching it, they can't line up for a free kick.