BC vs. Vandy muffed punt

[Texas Aggie]

In Fed, a kick that breaks the plane of R's goal line is ALWAYS a touchback.

So a punter, K1, standing at his own 3 gets his punt blocked by R1 and the ball goes backwards into the end zone, it is a touchback?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

So a punter, K1, standing at his own 3 gets his punt blocked by R1 and the ball goes backwards into the end zone, it is a touchback?

No, of course not. Your example is a kick that goes into K's endzone. If the ball becomes dead in the endzone it will either be a touchdown or a safety.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

So a punter, K1, standing at his own 3 gets his punt blocked by R1 and the ball goes backwards into the end zone, it is a touchback?

You answered your own question. K1 is standing in K's end zone, not R's end zone.

In the International Bowl, there have been two more kicks that were muffed into the end zone, by UConn. On the punt, Buffalo was able to recover for a TD. On the kickoff, the UConn player recovered and ran it out of the EZ where he fumbled inside the 5.

[bossman72]

The same play happened in the Uconn - Buffalo game and I was wondering the same thing.

Question on another play they had - On a kickoff, the Uconn player muffed the ball on the 10 and the ball rolled into the endzone where he picked it up and ran it out. This would be a touchback if he would have taken a knee there, correct?

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by bossman72

The same play happened in the Uconn - Buffalo game and I was wondering the same thing.

Question on another play they had - On a kickoff, the Uconn player muffed the ball on the 10 and the ball rolled into the endzone where he picked it up and ran it out. This would be a touchback if he would have taken a knee there, correct?

Correct. The coach explained it very clearly when he got to the sideline.