Old HS Timing Rules

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Probably mid-90's before they made that stupid rule change the prolongs games unnecessarily.

I'd say '93 or '94, not later. I remember it by the crew that I was with at the time.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Forksref

I'd say '93 or '94, not later. I remember it by the crew that I was with at the time.

I'm guessing a couple of years after this, maybe 1996 or so.

Edited to add: I guessed well -- it appears to be 1996:

http://football.refs.org/rules/NFrules5.html