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Muffed punt and second kick
Thought I had seen this posted on a message board, but cannot find it. What would you have here? I think it is R's ball where K falls on the second punt. Also, please list a rule reference, as that is what I am unable to find to support my answer.
Play: 4th and 10 from the K20 yard line. K's scrimmage kick is short and is muffed in flight by R at the K30 yard line and bounces back to the K15 yard line where the punter picks up the ball again and kicks a second scrimmage kick from behind the neutral zone. The second kick goes about 35 yards where there is no longer an R player to receive a kick. The ball is recovered by K at midfield. Ruling? |
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If we're talking Fed go to Rule 6-2.
There is no specific rule coverage regarding a second kick, either in favor or against. That which is not prohibited is allowed. There was a lively discussion about this scenario on one of the boards not to long ago. Try using the "search" function on them and you might find it. |
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There have been some discussions on other boards about this play and I think most people are in consensus that the second kick wipes out the first one so that R's touch of the first kick is no longer a factor and the ball will belong to R when the second kick becomes dead.
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In NCAA the ball would become dead when recovered by the punter. It would be K's ball (Team A), 1st/10 at their 15.
So you're saying in Fed, that if the return team muffs a punt, the kick team can pick it up and advance it?? Or can they only do something with it (in this case, kick it again) if the recovery is behind the neutral zone? |
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K can also pass or kick the ball again.
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This play was discussed at NFHS Forum at the following link:
NFHS Forum: Two Scrimmage Kicks After much debate, the following reply was posted: OFFICIAL NFHS RULING: Called on this and their ruling is that K, by kicking again, had given up possession and with it the right to a new series. K downing the kick becomes first touching under 5-1-3g. |
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When R muffs a scrimmage kick beyond the LOS, the team in possession at the end of the down will get a new series (5-1-3f). This is the provision that leads some to think that K should get the ball after the second kick. However, the purpose of this kind of scrimmage kick is to initiate a change of possession. That's still true for the second kick. And the second kick is legal: no rule prohibits a second kick (compare the forward pass rule), the ball is not dead when K recovers a kick behind the NZ (6-2-3), and during any down a team may legally perform a scrimmage kick before team possession has changed (6-2-1). A second legal kick need not betray an ignorance of the rules: if R blocks the kick and never touches it beyond the NZ, a second kick is not a bad idea. But on this play K would have had a new series after recovering a kick that R muffed beyond the NZ, and in most cases they should just keep the ball. If NFHS had given K the ball in this play, that ruling would reward ignorance. I think that the reported ruling is right on the money.
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