2022 Rules Quiz Questions and Answers
1.1 A 4/8 at the B-49. Team A is lined up in Scrimmage Kick formation. With 10 seconds on the play clock, Team A
... [Show More] Special Teams coach recognizes there are only 10 Team A players and sends A33 into the game. Before the snap A33 runs in and lines up as an upback and get set for 1 second. With 2 seconds on the play clock, the ball is then snapped. A10 punts and the ball is fair caught by A22 at the B-11. -Correct Answers= Answer: B 1/10 B11. In scrimmage kick formation, Referee should use "common sense" and not delay and go into substitution mechanics and allow Team B to match up since Team A only has 10 players and A 33 was the 11th player.
1.2 A 1/10 at the A-45. Score is Team A 42 and Team B 14 with 9:43 left in the 2nd quarter. QB A12 drops back and rolls out to throw a deep forward pass to A89. As the ball is in the air, B10 grabs and restricts A89 causing him to stop his route. B10 then intercepts the pass at the B-6 and his momentum carries him into the endzone where he falls to the ground with possession of the ball. -Correct Answers= Answer: A 1/10 at the B-40, snap or Safety, 2 points for Team A, B Safety kick at the B-20. B10 commits a foul for DPI as he grabs and restricts A89 causing him to stop his route. This foul may be enforced from the previous spot with an automatic first down. B10 intercepts the ball at the B-6 and goes into the end zone where he is ruled down. By rule, this is a Safety as Momentum does not apply as the pass was intercepted outside of the Team B 5-yard line and the ball was carried into the Team B end zone. 8-5-1-a-Exception (a) FR 87; 7-3-8-c FR 82, 7-3-1; 3-3-2-c (snap).
1.3 A 2/3 at the B-30. A12's forward pass is intercepted by B12 at the B-1. B12 returns the interception to theB-4 where he fumbles. B10 recovers the fumble at the B-2 and his momentum takes him into the end zone. B10 runs around in his end zone where he is tackled. -Correct Answers= Answer: Safety, two points for Team A, B Safety kick at the B-20. B10 recovered his own team's fumble and not an opponent's fumble between his 5-yard line and the goal line and therefore the momentum exception (8-5-1- Exception) is not applicable, thus resulting in a Safety as Team B is responsible for the ball being dead in their own end zone (8-5-1-a).
1.4 A kickoff from A35. A13 kicks the ball and it is heading toward the sideline, when B25 gives a fair catch signal. B25 then leaps in the air from inbounds and catches ball in the air and lands out of bounds crossing at the B10 -Correct Answers= Answer: B 1/10 B10. B15 does not complete the fair catch and it is not kick out of bounds. AR 6-2-2 IV. [Show Less]