In American Football, what happens if a kickoff splits the uprights?
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It's a touchback. \nConversely if a field goal doesn't make it through the end zone, the Defense can return it like a kick off.
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Under Rule 4-1/Ball in Play, Dead Bal, it talks about when the play should be called dead.  Under Article 3B, it says:\n\n"(Exception: The ball remains alive when an offensive player has simulated a kick or is in position to kick the ball held for a place kick by a teammate.  The ball may be kicked, passed or advanced by rule)"\n\nSo, I guess it's officially covered.  I found it on page 75 of the official NCAA football rules:\n\nhttp://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2005/2005_football_rules.pdf
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All that is required to score a touchdown is for the football to break the imaginary plane at the front edge fo the white line that is the goal line.  Although the quarterback's arm obscured the balled somewhat, the replay made it look like the ball DID "break the plane".  The referees on the field were much closer and had a better view, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt.\n\nOn the other hand, I thought the "pushing off" penalty that negated a Seattle touchdown in the first quarter was bogus.  I don't know if that would have shifted momentum to Seattle or not.
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no its a touchback\n\nto get 3 pts for a field goal, the ball needs to be kicked off the ground a la field goal try or drop kick
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G'day Antwaan M,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nRoughing the kicker is a more serious offence. Roughing the kicker is defined as "Flagrantly running into or hitting the kicker after the ball has been kicked." It results in a 15 yard penalty against the offending team and automatic first down. It can even result in disqualification if particularly flagrant.\n\nRunning into the kicker is defined as "Making incidental contact with a placekicker or punter after the ball has been kicked. " It is a five yard penalty.\n\nIt was originally all defined as the one offence before running into the kicker was created in the 1980s for less serious offences.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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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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It doesn't "mean" anything.  It's part of the QB cadence.  The offense starts the play on a certain count, say 3, after the QB yells hut 3 times.  That's a crude explanation, but it's accurate.  It ensures the offense moves at the same time.  If the offense moves at different times it will get false start penalties on every single play.
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5 reasons\n\n1) u kick a football to start the game\n2) u kick fieldgoals\n3) u usually kick a PAT after a touchdown\n4) becuase people used to dropkick a lot\n5) onsides kicks sometime determine games
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Believe it or not, the dropkick remains a legal maneuver in the National Football League today. Although the dropkick has not been successfully converted on an NFL gridiron in decades, mention of it still exists in the NFL's official rule book. Rule 3, Section 8 defines the dropkick as, "a kick by a kicker who drops the ball and kicks it as, or immediately after, it touches the ground."
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Ball starts in the middle(generally theres a drop-in hole on the side). Obviously you try to kick it into the other goal.
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if the offense is behind the defense before the ball
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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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Encroachment occurs when a DLine enters the neutral zone causing an offensive lineman to move.  While merely entering the neutral zone is no foul, if that entering causes an olineman to move a penalty is rewarded.  If the Dline completely crosses the neutral zone and either does not get back onside before snap, or is running unabetted to QB, Offsides is called. \n\nBecause Encroachment only occurs if a Olineman moves, its good stratergy for an Olineman to move on the reaction and cause the penalty, however, if the Defensive player has not actually entered the neutral zone, the Olineman has just false stated, this fact keeps Olineman from moving on every Dline movement
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The ball is only "grounded" if it's in the end zone...if the ball is between the goal lines, its a live ball and either team can pick it up.  An onside kick is just shorter and the kicking team has a higher chance of getting the ball back
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The kick after the touchdown is not a field goal - field goals are worth 3 points, but the conversion after a touchdown is worth only 1 point. The touchdown itself is worth 6.\n\nThus the touchdown and conversion are worth 7 in total.\n\nOut of interest, instead of kicking for the conversion, it can be run or passed into the end-zone for a 2-point conversion, which, you'll be surprised to hear, is worth 2 points.
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Here is a simplified definition of American football.\n\nThe object of football is to score as many points as you can.  The team on offense, tries to score the points by getting the ball into the endzone.  They do this by either throwing or handing the ball to a player on their team.  The offensive player with the ball tries to run into the endzone for the score.  The defense tries to prevent this from happening by tackling the offensive ball carrier.  \n\nEach time the offense gets the ball into the endzone, they get 6 points.  After this score, a touchdown, a kicker tries to make an extra point by kicking the ball through the goal posts.  If the offense cannot get the touchdown, or move the ball ten yards forward in 3 tries, on the 4th try they can try to have the kicker kick the ball through the goal posts for 3 points.  If they are too far away, they must punt the ball to the defense, who will become the offense.\n\nThere are 11 players on offense, and 11 on defense.  \n\n(This is my first post, so I don't know how good this will be, but I hope it helps.  I left out many of the more detailed and complicated rules to explain the basic gameplay.)
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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