Kickoff Out of Bounds

stiffler3492 · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Sep 07, 2012, 05:59pm

On a kickoff, a member of the kicking team touches the ball BEFORE the ball rolls out of bounds at the receiving team's 12 yard line.

The ball was kicked from the receiving team's 30 yard line because of the enforcement of apparently two personal foul penalties.

Where should the ball be spotted, first and ten?

HLin NC · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Sep 07, 2012, 10:05pm

R 12 yl

maven · #3 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 08, 2012, 06:26pm

Kick out of bounds, 3 options.

stiffler3492 · #4 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 08, 2012, 06:50pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by maven

Kick out of bounds, 3 options.

I don't officiate football. I was watching the sophomore game that preceded the varsity game that I was broadcasting.

Could someone explain a little more thoroughly?

mtn335 · #5 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 08, 2012, 07:11pm

What he means by "Three Options" is that, if K (the kicking team) causes the ball to go out-of-bounds on a free kick (like a kickoff), then R (the receiving team) has three options. They can:

Have the ball 1st and 10 at the spot where the ball went out of bounds (in this case, R's 12 yard line)
Have the ball 1st and 10 at a spot 25 yards downfield from the free-kick line (the kick was from the 30, so in this case that would be R's 5 yard line); or
Enforce a 5-yard penalty from the previous spot and rekick (now from R's 35 yard line).

maven · #6 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 08, 2012, 07:29pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtn335

What he means by "Three Options" is that, if K (the kicking team) causes the ball to go out-of-bounds on a free kick (like a kickoff), then R (the receiving team) has three options. They can:

Have the ball 1st and 10 at the spot where the ball went out of bounds (in this case, R's 12 yard line)
Have the ball 1st and 10 at a spot 25 yards downfield from the free-kick line (the kick was from the 30, so in this case that would be R's 5 yard line); or
Enforce a 5-yard penalty from the previous spot and rekick (now from R's 35 yard line).

Just so. Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't have time to explain.

Usually the choice is obvious: in this case, I'd give the coach his options and let him choose. Probably won't pick option 2, but he might go with either of the other options.

stiffler3492 · #7 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 08, 2012, 09:05pm

Here's what happened...

The ball was spotted at the R 35 yard line, 1st and 10 for the receiving team. Misapplication?

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