Rules questions

[Welpe]

This was a Texas HS game wasn't it? If so, we play under NCAA rules here. A kick can be returned from the end zone. If the ball was not touched by the receiving team before it hit the ground in the end zone, the ball is dead and it is a touch back.

If the ball was touched before hitting the ground in the end zone, then it is live and the kicking team can recover for a TD. If the receiving team recovers in the end zone it is a touchback since the kick is what put the ball in the end zone.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Welpe

This was a Texas HS game wasn't it? If so, we play under NCAA rules here. A kick can be returned from the end zone. If the ball was not touched by the receiving team before it hit the ground in the end zone, the ball is dead and it is a touch back.

If the ball was touched before hitting the ground in the end zone, then it is live and the kicking team can recover for a TD. If the receiving team recovers in the end zone it is a touchback since the kick is what put the ball in the end zone.

Yes. Two bad teams, but a very exciting game. Losing team came back from a 33-0 score just a little into the 2nd quarter. Losing team missed making a touchdown from the 1 yard line on the last play of the game. 2 point conversion would have tied it. Final score: Grand Prairie 53 Irving 45.