Say you have the ball running downfeild with the clock running out
your team is down 4 points with only seconds remaining your on the 20 yard line and your about to get tackled so u just roll the football down the feild and it rolls into the endzone and your teammate falls on the ball in the endzone - would that be a touchdown? technically it would be a fumble and a recovery right???
2007-01-02 03:30:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
No it is not a legal play. Since with only seconds to go you would be within the 2 minute warning of a half the following rules apply. And this assumes the acting job was good enough to fool the refs.
4. On a play from scrimmage, if an offensive player fumbles anywhere on the field during fourth down, only the fumbling player is permitted to recover and/or advance the ball. If any player fumbles after the two-minute warning in a half, only the fumbling player is permitted to recover and/or advance the ball. If recovered by any other offensive player, the ball is dead at the spot of the fumble unless it is recovered behind the spot of the fumble. In that case, the ball is dead at the spot of recovery. Any defensive player may recover and/or advance any fumble at any time.
So you would get the ball back where you fumbled, and not score the touchdown.
2007-01-02 05:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by fbjunk.com 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not legal and it never would be legal (regardless of whether the referee ruled a fumble or forward pass).
If the referee ruled that it was intentionally fumbled forward (i.e. a forward pass):
Rule 8-4-2-Exc.1: "If a runner intentionally fumbles foward, is it a forward pass (3-21-2-a and Note 4)."
An illegal forward pass results in a penalty and cannot be advanced.
If the referee ruled that it was a fumble:
Rule 8-4-2 (Supplemental Note): "After the two-minute warning, when any fumble occurs during a down (including Try), the fumbled ball may only be advanced by the offensive player who fumbled the ball, or any member of the defensive team."
With only "seconds remaining", the ball would be ruled dead at the spot of the fumble if recovered by an offensive player other than the one who fumbled it (or behind the spot if not advanced behind the line).
2007-01-02 13:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was at one time but because ofan incident occuring between San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders involving a pass play with Ken Stabler and Dave Casper in which Casper appeared to be losing the grip and eventually considered at the time unintentionally but I believe was deliberately kicked off his knee and hand the ball into the end zone and rcovered it to win the game 21-20. Therefore a team cannot fumble the ball forward anymore within the last 2 minutes of a game and the ball is declared downed at the place of the fumble.
2007-01-02 13:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not a legal play. You can not throw, roll, kick, or push the football "forward" on purpose once you pass the line of scrimage. I have not seen a football roll twenty yards when fumbled so that would be very hard to get by with.
2007-01-02 11:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by Brian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it won't. Because if the ball is rolled forward, the refs will call it as a forward pass. Which is ilegal to perform once you're past the line of scriminage.
2007-01-02 13:37:11 · answer #5 · answered by rayedos69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the refs decision. If you faked it good enough to go off as fumble then yes, it would work . If the refs thinks you did it on purpose then it would be a forward pass and no it would not be legal. ....... Instead just do what Boise State did!!!
2007-01-02 11:40:08 · answer #6 · answered by hamthugger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the refs think you intentionally did it, it would be an illegal forward pass. Even if you rolled it and didn't throw it.
But if they didn't think it was intentional, you are right. It would be a fumble and a touchdown.
2007-01-02 12:22:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya it would be a touchdown but who wants to take the risk of a fumble recovery by the other team
2007-01-02 11:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by anthony s jr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it would be called a forward pass even though it hits the ground cause that is not a fumble and the refs don't have anything else to call it
2007-01-02 11:51:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that would be legal but i don't know if you would want to do that because there is a high chance of the other team getting the ball.
2007-01-02 13:24:48 · answer #10 · answered by in_love_with_football 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋