Defensive Holding

foolhearted · #1 (**permalink**) Sat Oct 22, 2005, 03:25pm

If there is Defensive Holding in a HS game, is it an automatic 1st down?

kd0254 · #2 (**permalink**) Sat Oct 22, 2005, 03:29pm

Yes, no

BktBallRef · #3 (**permalink**) Sat Oct 22, 2005, 06:02pm

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Originally posted by foolhearted
If there is Defensive Holding in a HS game, is it an automatic 1st down?

There's no such thing as defensive holding under NFHS rules. There's simply holding, wihout regard to who did it.

And no, it's not an automatic 1st down.

Bob M. · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 24, 2005, 09:41am

REPLY: foolhearted...not sure where you're from. In TX and Mass., they play HS football under NCAA rules. In NCAA rules, defensive holding against an eligible receiver on a play where a forward pass crosses the neutral zone will result in an automatic first down if the penalty is accepted.

However, if you're talking about the other 48 states, what the folks have told you is correct...no automatic first down.