A game to remember (or forget)

[REFANDUMP]

It's always reassuring to know there are other officials who probably enjoyed their cold postgame beverage as much as I did after that marathon !!!

[Texas Aggie]

Texas plays 6 man football. It can be pretty wide open and has a 45 point mercy rule after halftime. My first 6 man game, the KO was returned untouched for a TD. Game ended 61-0 at halftime. Last year I did a game where the winning team stayed ahead the whole game, but never could get 45 ahead. Final was something like 84-59 and it took over 3 hours.

[Mike L]

JC game this year. 56-51, over 3 hours.

[Ref inSoCA]

Originally Posted by Mike L

JC game this year. 56-51, over 3 hours.

Thanks for the reminder---

I had a JC game where the Visitors scored on the last play and kicked the PAT to win 56-55. The game took 5:20. Yes, it was at Palomar in the '1980s. There were 2 running plays combined, the whole game.

[Canned Heat]

Had a 58-45 game early this year....almost entirely passing. 3:20 if I'm not mistaken, plus an hour and a half drive to get there or back, to boot.

[Reffing Rev.]

This year we had a JV game (10 minute quarters) in the pregame the visiting coach told us, "If we run the ball it was an accident."

They received the opening kickoff and punted after 3 incomplete passes with the punt returned for a touchdown at 9:41 on the clock...

Insuing kickoff ran two plays, one of them complete and then threw an interception which was returned for a touchdown at 9:00 on the clock...

Insuing kickoff two incomplete passes, a free first down on a roughing the passer penalty, three more incomplete passes and then a blocked punt. Home team took their first snap around the B19 and ran in for a touchdown at 8:21.

NE uses a running clock when a team is ahead by 35 points in the second half. The game started at 6:30 and halftime was at 8:15. Got back in the car after the game at 9:30.


Last game of the regular season was a 9th grade Tuesday afternoon thriller. 8 minute quarters, spent the entire 2nd quarter inside the 20 on one side of the field. Including 7 downs with a flag in a row. The game was under 2 hours, but the 2nd quarter was a real joy to work.

[jjrye22]

Not about time, but I had a game end 0-1.

Who can figure that out?

Had an 8-man game between a couple of deaf schools that the score was like 85-65 and took more than 3 1/2 hours because they had an extended halftime due to homecoming. Once sat through an 11-man game as a spectator (was watching a friend's crew work that night), that took about 3 1/2 hours, being a 65-50 (or something like that) game, with a bunch of the flags flying all over the place.