2023 TCAOA Week 7 Football Quiz

On a free kick at the 40, K has 5 players on either side of the ball with K9 back at the 32 yard line in position to run up and kick the ball.  Instead, K33 comes from the side and kicks a rolling bouncer to the 50 where K33 then falls on it

• No Foul on this play

• Free Kick infraction. R may accept the result of the play or may choose to replay the down after a 5 yard enforcement

• Free Kick infraction. Dead ball foul with enforcement of 5 yards from the previous spot

Answer explanation

6.1.3b covers this action. If one player of K is more than 5 yards behind his restraining line, he is the only one that may kick the ball. This is a dead ball foul as soon as the kick is made by any other player.

To start the half, Team K is lined up to kickoff, and kick the ball directly out of bounds.  Team K then kicks again from their 35 yard line and this time kick it directly out of bounds at the 25 yard line.  Three of the answers below are valid options for team R - which of the following is NOT an option?

• Accept the ball at their own 40 yardline

• Accept the ball at their own 30 yardline

• Have K re-kick after a 5 yard penalty enforcement

• Accept the ball at their own 35 yard line

Answer explanation

Rule 6.1.9. R may accept a 5 yard penalty from the previous spot and re-kick OR accept a 5 yard penalty from the succeeding spot (which puts the ball at the 30) OR put the ball in play 25 yards beyond the previous spot (which puts it at the 40)

On the kickoff to start the game, K9 kicks a slow rolling ball. While the ball is at the 48, just before it crosses midfield, R33 steps across midfield in an effort to recover the kick. Before R33 can touch the ball though, K44 blocks R33. The ball then rolls across the 50 where K9 falls on it.

• Legal play

• Illegal block. Dead ball foul. Enforce the 10 yards from the previous spot and re-kick

• Illegal block. Live ball foul. If R accepts, enforce the 10 yard penalty from the previous spot

• Illegal block. Live ball foul. If R accepts, enforce the 15 yard penalty from the previous spot.

Answer explanation

This illegal block is covered in 9.3.7. It is a 10 yard, live ball foul.

To start the game, kicker K9 kicks the top half of the ball, driving it down into the ground where it takes one bounce, and then goes 9 feet into the air. R44 catches this grounded kick at his own 48 yard line and immediately takes a knee.

• No foul

• Foul on K9 for a pop-up kick. R may accept the 5 yard penalty from the previous spot or decline the penalty and put the ball in play at the 48

• Foul on K9 for a pop-up kick. R may accept the 10 yard penalty from the previous spot or decline the penalty and put the ball in play at the 48

• Foul on K9 for a pop-up kick. Call this as a dead ball foul and thus the only option for R is to have a re-kick

Answer explanation

6.1.11 defines this as a pop-up kick. Generally, when the ball takes one bounce and clearly goes over the head of the receivers, it is a pop-up. The rule makes this a dead ball play with a 5 yard enforcement option.

On the opening kickoff of the game, K9 kicks a line drive. The ball bounces off the back of R44 who was standing at his own 48 yard line. The carom causes the ball to be rolling at the K 47 yard line where K9 scoops the ball up and runs forward for 18 yards where he is tackled at the 35.

• No foul on the play. K's ball first and 10 from the 35

• No foul on the play. K's ball first and 10 from their own 47.

• First touching by K9. R has the option to accept the ball at the spot of first touching - the K 47 yard line.

• Foul on K for kick catching interference. K cannot recover the ball between their own 40 yard line and the 50.

Answer explanation

6.1.6 and 6.1.7 cover this play. This ball went beyond 10 yards, was touched by R, and was grounded. This makes it legal for K to recover it. However, once K recovers a free kick, the ball becomes dead

To start the game, K tries on onside kick. The ball is slowly rolling at the 46 yard line, not yet having reached the 50, when K24 reaches down and touches the ball then walks away, but the ball is still rolling.  R57 then picks the ball up and runs to the 30 yard line before he is tackled. 

• First touching by K24. The play is dead at that spot of first touching and R will put the ball in play there

• First touching by K24. That is loose-ball play so R has the choice of declining the penalty and accepting the result of the play, OR having K re-kick after the 5 yard penalty

• First touching by K24. R may accept the result of the play OR accept the ball at the spot of the first touching OR have K re-kick

• First touching by K24. R may accept the result of the play OR accept the ball at the spot of first touching.

Answer explanation

6.1.7 covers first touching. This is NOT a penalty. R may take the ball at the spot of first touching or may accept the results of the play