Brain Fart - Help

[kd0254]

Team K punts on 4th and 10 from their own 20 yard line. R55 muffs the kick at the K25 yard line where K88 recovers.

I know K can't advance cause it is still a kick and I am 99.9% sure that K gets a new series after R touched the kick and K recovered, even though it is still behind the line to gain.

I keep second guessing myself -

Thoughts.

[Bullycon]

You are correct, sir.

5-1-3: When a scrimmage down ends with the ball in the field of play or out of bounds between the goal lines, a new series is awarded to:
f. The team in possession at the end of the down, if R is the first to touch a scrimmage kick while it is beyond the expanded neutral zone, unless the penalty is accepted for a non post-scrimmage kick foul which occurred before the kick ended.

RULING: 1st and 10 for K from K's 25 yard line.

[kd0254]

Thanks, I needed to hear that !

[insatty]

When in doubt, read the rule:

"When a scrimmage down ends with the ball in the field of play . . . a new is awarded to . . . [t]he team in possession at the end of the down, if R is the first to touch a scrimmage kick while it is beyond the expanded neutral zone . . . ." NFHS 5-1-3-f; accord, NCAA 5-1-1-e.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by kd0254

I know K can't advance cause it is still a kick ...

Right ruling, wrong reason. K can't advance because they recovered the muff beyond the neutral zone. If the ball had rolled back 5 more yards they could have advanced it.