untimed down?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan

on a kickoff, R blocks in the back on a return and the clock runs out in the first quarter. K accepts the penalty from the spot of foul. is there an untimed down?

The question you want to ask in order to know whether you have an untimed down is: was there an accepted penalty for a foul occurring during the last timed down?

So there are numerous ways you would not have an untimed down, including:

• penalty declined
• penalty includes loss of down
• foul did not occur during the down (before the snap or after ball became dead)

Don't get caught up on whether it was A/K or B/R: that's irrelevant in NFHS.