On a long pass play, are all the yards gained counted as passing yards?
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Yes, in your example the stats would say 50 passing yards.\n\nNow there would also be a stat that showed 30 YAC (yards after catch) but the passing yard stat would count all yards from the line of scrimage gained from the play.
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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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Crossing is when you pass the ball to another teammate, who is standing 5 feet from your scoring area. It is a long pass, and is legal, unless not caught. If it is not caught, then it is anyone's ball.
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Technically an offensive player is offsides if they are closer to the goal than the last field defender (this does not include the goal keeper for obvious reasons) when the ball is played forward by the offense.\n\nI answered with Football in mind, not American Football. Hope this clears things up for you.
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1. yes 2. incompletion 3. next down 3rd, subtract 4 from the number of yards you needed at the start of 2nd down for yards needed for 1st down 4. 4
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Yes. As long as the ball is kicked beyond 10 yards. Once that occurs, whether by onside kick or regular kick, it is a live ball. During the time I played there were several times that the receiving team just let the ball go, expecting it to go out the back of the end zone. When it did not, the kicking team was able to grab it and score a touchdown.\nAlso, the other way it can be recovered by the kicking team is if a member of receiving team touches it, whether the ball passes 10 yards or not.
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If the intercepting player established possession at his own one-yard line, and then fumbles from here:  It is a touchback if the ball travels out of the end zone.  \n\nIf the defensive player does not clearly intercept the ball before fumbling, then the offense retains possession. \n\nIf the defensive player intercepts the ball at the one, then enters into his end zone himself:  His team is legally allowed to shoot him.  (Well it should be legal!)
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it wasn't a punt return.\n\nit wasn't a kickoff return.\n\nthere are no stats for interception yardage and field gold miss yardage. you don't get yardage points for those.\n-nny
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when pass interference occurs the ball is placed at the spot where the foul occured...if it occurs in the endzone it is placed on the 1 yd line. clipping is when another player hits an opposing player when their back is turned, most of the time in the back of the knees. this is a penalty for saftey reasons as it can be dangerous for both players.
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It's basically the same as for a normal pass, linemen aren't allowed to go past the line of scrimmage, though they usually get a couple yards cushion, until the ball is passed or ran past the line of scrimmage.  Also offensive linemen can be called for illegal man downfield if they touch a pass before another player on the field does.
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The rule book is unclear - if the ball in your controll and breakes the plan of the goal line it is a touchdown! I believe its different than a pass completion in the open field. The rule will be looked at in the off seasone - like the tuck rule!\n\nJoe
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Kyle Boller Cannot throw 80 yards on his knees.  He can however through the ball through the goal post from 50 yards away which is still amazing.  Thats the equivalent of throwing a ball almost 60 yards from your knees.  If you ask some football players from the University of California I am sure someone has seen it, or has it on tape.  I haven't seen the footage myself, but I am told by an ex-Cal player that he has seen Kyle throw a ball through the goal posts from the 40 yard line...when you add the 10 yards for the endzone it makes it a 50 yard throw that travels nearly 60 yards in order to make it through goal posts.
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Once a ball is punted with a snap from the line of scrimmage, the possesion is changed unless touched by the receiving team.  This holds whether the punting team downs the ball after rolling or catches it on the fly.  The only way that the punting team can re-gain possession is (1) if the returner "muffs" the punt (when the ball hits off of him without him catching it) or (2) the ball in-advertently hits another member of the returning team and then gets recovered by the punting team.  \n\nOf course if the returning team tries to block the punt and misses and in the process knocks over the punter, it results in a 15 yard personal foul which brings an automatic first down with it.\n\nIf it is the kickoff (either at the start of a half or after a score) that whoever ends up with the ball at the end of the play has possession of the ball.\n\nExample: On a kickoff, the ball could be kicked deep to the returning team, they catch the ball and get tackled resulting in their first down at that spot.  BUT, If the kick is popped up short and the kicking team catches the ball, it is THEIR ball, 1st down at the spot that they catch it.  The kicking team cannot advance the ball once they gain possession.
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In football, the foward movement is calculated by yardage, which is shown on the field in lines. You have four opportunties or "downs," to move the ball at least ten yards, which is why 1st down is normally understood as 1st and 10.  \n\nAfter every ten yards of movement you are given four more opportunities. If you cannot move the ball in three downs ten yards, on the fourth down the team normally elects to punt.  If the team chooses not to punt and tries to gain the yardage necessary for a first down and does not make it, the other teams gets the ball at that spot. \n\nIt is better, depending on what point you are at in the game, to punt on the forth down. \n\nEach play whether running or passing is to move the ball down the field so the more yards the better your opportunity to score. So If, for example on your first play you throw the ball 25 yards, you start at first down again. If on your 1st play you move the ball 3 yards. It would be 2nd down and 7 yards to go until another first down.
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The height of a pass depends on the strength of the passer and/or the distance which it is being thrown. Short pass attempts are generally thrown with very little trajectory before it reaches the receiver. Long passes require height to carry the distance needed to get to the receiver. Not unusual for passes thrown long to reach heights of 40 feet.\n\nPunts often reach over 75 feet.
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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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A pass completion of 99 yards has been achieved on eight occasions and has always resulted in a touchdown. The most recent was a pass from Brett Favre to Robert Brooks of the Green Bay Packers, playing against the Chicago Bears on September 11, 1995