Dec. Referee football quiz ? # 4.

[Mike Simonds]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year fellow officials...

I was reading the December 2002 issue of Referee magazine and was curious about the answer to question 4 (page 34).

Team A's ball 1st and 10 at their 20 yard line. A1 runs the ball and is hit and fumbles at his 23 yard line. The ball rolls out of bounds at A's 20 yard line.

Under NF rules, the correct answer should be A's ball 2nd and 10 at their 20 yard line. Clock starts on the snap.

The answer given is A's ball 2nd and 7 at the 20 yard line. Clock starts on the snap.

Any reason why the answer says 2nd and 7?