First Touching or......

[The Roamin' Umpire]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

4th and 10 from the K's own 10 Yard line.

K1 kicks the ball to the 15 where K45 (first) touches the ball and bounces back to K's 5 yard line. K88 picks up the ball and runs to the 25 yard line (K's side).

Who gets the ball and why? Rules references would be appreciated.

Nice question. The real conflict here is between 5-1-3a (which awards a new series to A when they reach the LTG) and 5-1-3g (which awards a new series to R in the event of first touching). Obviously, we can't award a new series to both teams.

I agree with pretty much everyone else: 6-2-5 makes it clear that first touching supersedes reaching the LTG (barring a foul). Therefore, R 1/10 @ K15.