2023 TCAOA Week 4 Football Quiz

1st and 10 from the 20. A10 throws a pass down the middle completed for 13 yards. After the pass is thrown, B52 takes 3 steps and give a hard, 2-handed shove against A10.

• Best option is to decline the penalty and take the 13 yard gain

• Best option is to accept the 15 yard penalty from the previous spot

• Best option is to accept the 15 yard penalty from the dead ball spot

Answer explanation

9.4.4 makes this roughing the passer. The penalty description allows this penalty to be enforced from the dead-ball spot when that spot is beyond the NZ

1st and 10 from the 20. A33 breaks off a long run that goes all the way for a TD. When A33 is still 15 yards away from the end zone, team A's head coach gets excited and runs 2 steps onto the field. The LJ does not see the coach coming onto the field and runs into him, causing the LJ to be knocked to the ground.

• Non-player unintentional contact foul. The TD will stand. Team B can request the 15 yard penalty be enforced on the try or the subsequent kickoff

• Non-player unintentional contact. If that is the first on Team A, the foul is a warning only. The TD is good.

• Non-player unintentional contact foul. Team B will request the 15 yard penalty be enforced from the 15, which is where A33 was when the foul occurred.

• Non-player unintentional contact foul. Since it was while the ball was live, team B's only option is to enforce the penalty on the try.

Answer explanation

9.4.8 defines this unintentional contact as a non-player 15 yard foul. There is no warning when there is contact. 8.2.4 allows team B to apply the penalty to the Try or bridge it to the kickoff.

4th and 10 from midfield. A33 takes a handoff and runs toward the sideline. Just after A33 steps out of bounds after a gain of 5 yards, B52 grabs inside the side of his shoulder pads and yanks him directly down sideways.

• The action was sideways, and horse collar tackles must be backwards. No penalty. Turnover on downs.

• Horse collar tackle. The runner was out of bounds and the play was over. B's ball first and 10 at their own 30 yard line.

• Horse collar tackle. Team A retains possession and receives a first down at the 30 yard line.

• The play was over and there can be no horse collar penalty. Turnover on downs.

Answer explanation

9.4.3k says a horse collar tackle can happen if the player is pulled down backwards or sideways. It also says a horse collar tackle is always enforced as a live ball foul, so even though A33 had stepped out of bounds it is enforced like it happened before the end of the play.

4th and goal from the 12. A9's field goal attempt is good. After the kick is away, B52 dives hard into the plant leg of A9.

• If team A wants to keep the 3 points, they must decline the Roughing the Kicker penalty.

• If team A accepts the Roughing the kicker penalty, their only option is to have 4th and goal from the 6 yard line.

• If team A accepts the Roughing the Kicker penalty, the only option they have is to accept the enforcement on the subsequent kickoff.

• If team A accepts the Roughing the Kicker penalty, they could keep the 3 points and apply the enforcement to the subsequent kickoff OR have the ball first and goal from the 6 yard line.

Answer explanation

9.4.5 makes this roughing the kicker. The penalty enforcement clarifies this comes with an automatic first down. 8.4.3 allows this penalty to be enforced with a replay of the down after enforcement or accepting the 3 points with enforcement on the subsequent kickoff.

1st and 10 from the 20. Running back A33 runs a wheel route and is running down the numbers when he is just able to get his hands on the pass at the 35. B21 runs up and forcefully drives his shoulder through the upper chest of A33 just as he is trying to complete the catch. The pass falls incomplete.

• No foul on the play. That is football

• Defenseless player. First and 10 for A from midfield.

• Defenseless player. First and 10 from the 35 yard line.

Answer explanation

2.32.16 defines defenseless player. It includes a receiver attempting to catch a pass who is forcefully contacted by an opponent and that contact is not incidental as a result of making a play on the ball, or initiated with open hands or an attempt to tackle by wrapping arms around the player.

1st and 10 from the 20. A33 breaks a long run that goes for a TD. While A33 is still 15 yards away from the end zone, A50 makes a forceful block at midfield by leading with his shoulder into B72's chest and driving him into the ground.

• No foul. The block was from the front and the ball was live.

• Foul for illegal personal contact. The score will stand, and the penalty can be enforced on the try or the subsequent kickoff

• Foul for illegal personal contact. The foul is enforced from the spot of the foul.

• Foul for illegal personal contact. The foul is enforced from the end of the run, which is the goal line.

Answer explanation

9.4.3b says no player shall charge into an opponent who is obviously out of the play. This is a live-ball player foul and the penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul.