In the NFL, how many feet has to touch in the end zone for it to be a completed catch?
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Some of these people are confused on the catching a td in the endzone I think. THe question was how many feet in the endzone for a completed catch. He didn't ask running from outside the endzone from the 3. Both feet have to be down in the endzone. If he is pushed out when he comes down with it, he must maintain possesion throughout falling down. THere is another way called a force out. If he gets one foot down but gets pushed out before he can bring the other down, it is still a touchdown, but the ref has to call a force out.
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No one else noticed, did they?\nI hope you haven't turned in your extra credit answer about football yet.  The one you chose is wrong!!\n\nYou have to throw the ball in front of the receiver.  If the receiver is 25 yards away from the quarterback [it makes the math easier] and the quarterback throws a pass 50mph [a great arm], it will take 1 second to travel 25 yards.  The receiver will travel 4.5 yards to the left in that second.  To meet at the same place, the quarterback must throw to where the receiver will be in one second, 4.5 yards to the left.\n\nIf you're confused, draw a chart.  Show where the quarterback, receiver, and ball are right now, when the ball is thrown.  Then show where the receiever will be in one second.  That's where the ball has to be in one second.
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The clock shall be stopped and start at the snap of the ball when the ball goes out of Bounds
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NFL\n- field size : 100 yards by 53 1/3 yards with 10 yard end zones\n- field goal posts at back of end zone\n- 4 downs\n- three time outs per half and coaches challenges\n- 30 second play clock\n- two minute intermission between all quarters\n- sudden death overtime (first team to score wins)\n- 11 players on field\n- 2 point conversions taken from 3 yard line\n\nCFL\n- field size: 110 yards by 65 yards with 20 yard end zones\n- field goal posts at front of end zone\n- 3 downs\n- one time out per half. no coach challenges\n- 20 second play clock\n- three minute intermission between second and fourth quarters\n- two ten minute periods settle overtime\n- 12 players (extra slot back on offense, or linebacker on defense)\n- 2 point conversions taken from 5 yard line\n\n*Special CFL rule: on a missed field goal, if the defense fails to get the ball out of the end zone, the kicking team is awarded a point*\n\n*Generally, NFL players are a lot bigger and stronger, whereas CFL players are smaller and faster.*
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120 yards IF you include the 10 yards for each end zone. Otherwise, the field itself is 100 yards long.
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roughly 110 yards (end zones included)by 53 yards\nI didn't confirm this by a search, but I am fairly certain of my estimates.
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Well, in the NFL, I think you can make contact within five yards of the line of scrimmage. So I guess you can push him to get an advantage on your route. I'm not sure if you can actually push him down though.  And the rules might be completely different for 2-touch football compared to tackle, just like floor hockey and ice hockey have different rules.
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it's when an offensive player tries to keep a defensive player from getting to the person with the football to tackle them. he can push and shove the player to do this but he cannot grab or tackle them, that is called offensive 'holding', and it's a 10 yard penalty.
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See, this is the problem that I'm having. Because if the field goal is tipped and returned, then it's yards (It's counted as a punt I believe), so I don't quite understand why these return yards shouldn't be counted. So, if a tipped ball would be considered a punt, why not one that isn't tipped but is caught and returned... makes no sense at all...\n\nI'm right there with you, it should have been counted as a punt, or actually a drop kick...\n\nHope we both find our answers... :)
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That wasn't a rule, it was a kind of code in the past, when the keeper indicated his full control of the ball.\n\nWhen the keeper is in full control of the ball, an opponent may not challenge him, however he needs to release the ball into play not later than 6 secs. \n\nThe keepers in the past liked to bounce the ball once, before grabbing it again. They can't do that now, the moment he releases the ball from his hands, it is in play, he cannot handle it again unless, it is played by another player. \n\nFor any infringement by the keeper, an indirect kick will be awarded to the opponents where the infringement occurred, except in the 6 yard box, where the ball is placed on the 6 yard line perpendicular to where the infringement occurred.\n\nThere is an offence for charging the goalkeeper by an opponent, this happens when the keeper is in control of the ball or when he appears to be in control (when in mid-air, he rises to catch the ball but is unfairly impeded by a charge).\n\nPlay is restarted with a direct free-kick in this instance.
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It depends on whether the ball sailed into the endzone, or if it was run in after the catch.
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The free kick would actually be awarded on the 6 yard line (the goal area).  No free kick would ever take place on the goal line.  all fouls in the goal area would take place on the 6 yard line
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Intentional Grounding of Forward Pass\n\n1. Intentional grounding of a forward pass is a foul: loss of down and 10 yards from previous spot if passer is in the field of play or loss of down at the spot of the foul if it occurs more than 10 yards behind the line or safety if passer is in his own end zone when ball is released.\n\n2. Intentional grounding will be called when a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage due to pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion.\n\n3. Intentional grounding will not be called when a passer, while out of the pocket and facing an imminent loss of yardage, throws a pass that lands at or beyond the line of scrimmage, even if no offensive player(s) have a realistic chance to catch the ball (including if the ball lands out of bounds over the sideline or end line).
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Depends.  If it was meant for the other team and you make a complete catch, it would be.  If was intended for your own team, its just a pass.  If you do not maintain control, say from the pain of getting hit there by a football, you will fumble and the pass will be imcomplete.
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A football FIELD in the American game is 120 yards long by 160 feet wide. 100 yards from goalline to goalline with 10 yard end zones. the markings on the field and the goalpost width depend on what level of play is involved. High school goal posts are 23'4" wide, NCAA and NFL are 18'6" wide. The Canadian game has a 110 yard field with 25 yard deep end zones. Also in Canada, the goalposts are on the goalline and not the endline. Canadian football is a 12 man game instead of 11.
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The incomplete pass that Stevens dropped in the 1st QTR.  The refs missed that big time.  Stevens caught the ball, secured the ball, turned to run downfield, and then was leveled by Polumalu fumbling the football.  If that happened in the end zone, it would have been ruled a touchdown. The chop block by Hassleback was incorrect too.
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The philosopy is to protect the QB's since the "in the grasp" business from years ago was silly.\n\nI think the recitation of the rule above isn't quite right in most cases.  Outside the tackles there is no grounding so long as the pass gets past the line of scrimmage -- doesn't matter if it's in bounds, out of bounds, or whether there's a receiver nearby etc.