Touchdown?

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Originally Posted by red

ok. I found an example - it is a touchback, not a touchdown. Is there a difference in ruling between the two senarios- endline verses sideline? I'm still digging into the rule book.

You need to understand the definition of force. After that you need to read rule 8 Scoring Plays and Touchback. Section 5 Force, Safety and Touchback will be extra important to this play.

There is no difference between sideline and endline. The ball became dead in the end zone. That means it is either a touchdown, safety, or touchback. A was not in possession of the ball in the endzone so it cannot be a touchdown. That means it must be a safety or touchback. You must understand who forced the ball into the endzone. In your play A fumbled which forced the ball into the endzone and it became dead there. Since A forced it into the endzone it is a touchback. Had B forced the ball into the endzone it would be a safety.