Ch. 9 Scoring

Question 1

The goal line pylons when properly placed are out of bounds at the intersection of the sideline and the goal line extended.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

It is a touchdown for Team A when a live ball in runner A31’s possession breaks the vertical plane Team B’s goal line.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Team A scores a touchdown any time it possesses a live ball in the opponent’s end zone.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

It is a safety if A22’s fumble is declared dead in Team B’s end zone an no player of either team is in possession.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

If A33 fumbles the ball into Team B’s end zone, and while the ball is loose there an official blows an inadvertent whistle, it is a touchdown for Team A.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

It is a safety if B56 forces A28’s fumble into Team B’s end zone and A12 recovers there.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

It is a safety if A1’s fumble on his 5-yard line is recovered by B1 in A’s end zone.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

If a try by placekick does not break the plane of R’s goal line, R1 may recover and advance.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

If a kick try is blocked and K42 recovers behind the line and runs into the end zone, Team K is awarded two points.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Team B can score on a try.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

If a loss of down foul by Team A occurs during a successful try, there is no score and the down is replayed.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

A field goal may be scored by a dropkick or placekick, either from scrimmage or during a free kick following a fair catch or awarded fair catch or safety.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

During a field goal attempt, the ball becomes dead if the kick is blocked behind the neutral zone.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

If the holder muffs the snap on a field goal attempt and K21 kicks the ball as the holder is attempting to gain possession, it is a field goal if the ball goes through the uprights above the crossbar.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Force is a concern only with ball movement either toward or away from the goal line.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

A new force can be give to a fumble after it has touched the ground.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

A new force can be added to a kick in flight.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The batting of a forward pass is not considered a new force for judging whether a touchback or safety results.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

If R64 blocks K10’s kick on Team K’s eight yard line and the ball rebounds into Team K’s end zone, the change of direction is a new force and when K28 recovers it there, it is a touchback.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

A backward pass on Team A’s 20 which is batted in flight by B31 and recovered by A8 in Team A’S end zone is not a safety because of the new force.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The muffing or batting of a pass, kick or fumble in flight is not considered a new force since the original force has not been spent.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

When a live ball becomes dead in player possession in that player’s end zone, it is always a safety.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

It is a safety if A7 retreats into Team A’s end zone and fumbles the ball out of bounds behind the end line.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

If B25 recovers a scrimmage kick on Team B’s two yard line and his momentum carries him into his end zone and he is downed there, it is Team B’s ball at the two yard line.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

If B39 catches a scrimmage kick on his six yard line and his momentum carries him into his end zone and he is tackled there, it is a touchback.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

If B24 intercepts a pass on his own three yard line and his momentum carries him into his end zone, it is a touchback if he fumbles the ball across the end line.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

If B35 catches a punt on his three yard line and voluntarily carries the ball into his own end zone, the momentum exception does not apply.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

It is a touchback if B25 falls down in the end zone after his interception of a pass on his three yard line and his momentum has carried him into the end zone.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

The exception on momentum does not apply to a free kick.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

It is a safety if A7’s backward pass enters the end zone and touches the ground out of bounds behind Team A’s goal line.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

It is a touchback if A28 fumbles on Team B’s five yard line and B11’s muff forces the loose ball into Team B’s end zone and out of bounds beyond the end line.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

On fourth down, if A8 is in his own end zone when he intentionally grounds a forward pass, Team B does not have an option as it must be a safety.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

If K1 holds R1 in K’s end zone to prevent R1 from recovering a blocked punt, it will be a safety if R accepts the penalty.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

A safety is scored when an offensive player commits any foul for which the penalty accepted and enforcement is from a spot in his end zone.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

On kicks entering Team R’s end zone and becoming dead there, the determination of force dictates whether it is a touchback or a safety.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

If K17’s punt is blocked by R71 and strikes the ground and is then forced into Team K’s end zone by R27, it is a touchback if K21 recovers and is downed there.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

If A31 fumbles on Team B’s two yard line and the ball rolls through the end zone and over the end line, it is a touchdown for Team A.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

It is a touchdown for Team A when A41 fumbles on Team B’s two yard line and B51 touches the ball before it rolls out of bounds beyond the end line.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

It is a touchback if A7’s fumble on Team B’s five yard line is recovered by B66 in the end zone.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

If B31 intercepts a pass in Team B’s end zone and begins a return but it tackled in the end zone, it is a safety.

Answer 40

False

Question 41

The team whose goal line is involved shall put the ball in play anywhere between the hash marks on its 20 yard line by a snap after a touchback and by a free kick after a safety.

Answer 41

True