Just how much do you think you know about the rules of the NFL?

Question

Here are some questions about the rules of the NFL that not every fan may know.

See how many you can answer without looking them up.

1) How far back does a field judge stand to the line of scrimmage? Does it even have to be a specific distance?

2) What's the penalty for a team arriving late to a game?

3) Name the only other way a touchdown can automatically be awarded even if a player never stepped foot in the endzone (this excludes a player that is pushed out of bounds by trying to catch a pass).

4) Name six penalties that are not automatic first downs.

5) How far off the ground is the top face of the cross bar on a goal post?

6) How many footballs are used exclusively for the kicking game?

7) If one entire team is disqualifed for any reason before a game can be played, what will the score of the game be recorded as in the league records?

8) Who has the authority to cancel a game under normal circumstances?

9) Is there an official limit to the number of overtime periods that can be played in a playoff game before the game is postponed to a later date?

Answer 1

Here we go, I take a shot.......

1> 15 yards, guessing

2> Forfeit

3> Ball breaks the plane of the end zone, the player doesn't have to, or if the ball is touched to the "pylon"

4> encroachment, offsides, illegal procedure, neutral zone infraction, running into kicker, illegal touching (of the ball, gutter minds) can't come up with them all

5> 10 feet

6> 12 K balls are selected prior to the game from a larger pool

7> 1-0, Has it ever happened in the pro's?

8> Only the league

9> I do not believe that there is

Great questions, how'd I do?

Answer 2

Great questions, I hope you post the answers. I might guess at a few:

2) Delay of Game penalty, 5 yards.

4) You might want to specify defensive here - ANY offensive penalty will not result in a first down.

5) 10 feet

7) 1-0

8) The NFL Commissioner

(note - these are guesses)

Answer 3

Touchdown Celebration Rule.

Answer 4

Wow...hard questions

1) Dunno
2) Dunno
3) Dunno
4) Falsestart, Offsides, Neutral Zone Infraction, is a five yard facemask one? running into the kicker
5) Dunno
6) Dunno
7) Forfeit
8) Commish
9) None

Answer 5

good questions