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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 07:50am
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Punt issue

A punts and it touches B (bounces off leg) 35 yards downfield - A picks it up and returns it for a touchdown - legal?

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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 07:52am
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Well not illegal but the touchdown doesn't stand. The ball is dead where the kicking team recovers the kick. It will be 1st and 10 for K at the spot of recovery. Now if R had recovered the kick, thus ending the kick and then fumbled, K could recover and advance the ball.
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 09:07am
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Assuming that the receiver was not blocked into the kick, the kicking team can recover the muff but not advance it. The covering official should have whistled immediately after the K player gained possession.

If the receiver was blocked into the kick, his touching is ignored, and it will be R's ball at the spot of first touching.
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 11:03am
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Thanks fellas! We kicked it

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