Quick one.... Dead ball foul and untimed down

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From an NFHS perspective it would seem that the facemask foul by the defense, if acepted, would require an untimed down. As Dead Ball fouls do not "offset" under the NFHS code, they would be applied in the order of occurrence, and if that could not be determined, they would be enforced so that the yardage portion of the penalties cancelled each other out.

There's always the caution about situations where "half the distance" considerations come into play, in which case, unless there was a really obvious separation between the two fouls, the sequence would be assessed so that the yardage portions of the penalties cancelled each other out.

The Receiving team would get an untimed down, 15 yards in advance of the end of the kickoff return.