2012 NFHS Football Exam - Part I

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NOTE: In the exam situations, A—refers to the offensive team and B—refers to their opponents the defensive team. K—refers to the kicking team and R—refers to the receiving team. A1, B1, K1 and R1 are players of these teams. If team possession changes during the down, each team retains its identity. In kicking situations, it is not during a try and no fair-catch signal has been given unless specified. Unless stated, acts occur while: the ball is inbounds; a forward pass is legal; any out-of-bounds is between the goal lines. Line means scrimmage line. Reference to a foul is to Read morea player foul which is not unsportsmanlike. There is no foul or change of possession, unless it is mentioned, and penalties are considered accepted for enforcement.

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2012 NFHS Football Exam - Part I

No player or nonplayer shall grasp an opponent's tooth and mouth protector attached to the face mask.

Football gloves must meet the NOCSAE test standard starting in 2012.

A catch is the act of establishing player possession of a live ball which is in flight, and first contacting the ground inbounds while maintaining possession of the ball.

Play cards may be attached to the pants.

The horse-collar foul is enforced as a dead-ball foul.

Advertising and/or commercial markings may be placed on the field of play by home management, but the markings cannot obstruct the yard lines, hash marks or nine-yard marks (seven-yard marks for nine-, eight- and six-player).

If any player's helmet comes off during the down, and it is not due to a foul by the opponent, that player must leave the game for at least one down (unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs).

A football shall have a continuous 1-inch white or yellow stripe centered 3 to 3 1/4 inches from each end of the ball and can have decorations or logos added during or after production.

Contact with an opponent's hand(s) below the waist that continues into the body below the waist is considered blocking below the waist.

The game officials retain clerical authority over the game through the completion of any reports, including those imposing disqualifications that are responsive to actions occurring while the game officials had jurisdiction.

Spearing is an act by a defensive player who initiates contact with a ball carrier with the front of his helmet.

If a loose ball touches a game official who is straddling the sideline, the ball is not out of bounds.

Touching is any contact with the ball either by touching it or being touched by it.

Encroachment may be a live-ball foul.

It is encroachment if the snapper assumes position over the ball with his head in the neutral zone.

Supplementary equipment to aid in game administration may be used if authorized by the referee.

The kicking tee may not elevate the ball more than 2 inches above the ground.

Penalty-marker colored gloves are legal if approved by the umpire.

The home team shall wear white jerseys.

The helmet shall be secured by a properly fastened chin strap with at least four attachment points.

Jerseys shall be long enough to reach the top of the pants.

An official’s time-out shall be declared to permit prompt repair of equipment that becomes illegal or defective during use.

Players of the same team can participate during the same down while wearing identical numbers.

If a penalty resulting in a safety occurs on the last timed down of a period, the period is extended.

A period must be extended by an untimed down if, during the last timed down of the period, there was a double foul.

Nonplayer and unsportsmanlike fouls are not considered when determining if a period ends or must be extended.

If there was an inadvertent whistle during the last timed down of the period, the period is not extended by an untimed down.

No receiver may advance the ball after a valid or invalid fair-catch signal by any R player.

A fair catch can be made in or behind the neutral zone.

Unless a valid fair-catch signal is given, a fair catch cannot be made.

It is a fair catch when R1 gives a valid signal and R2 catches the scrimmage kick beyond the neutral zone.

The penalty for an invalid fair-catch signal by R1 is 5 yards and an automatic first down for K.

If K1’s field-goal attempt deflects off K2’s shoulder while he is in the expanded neutral zone, no goal is scored even if the ball passes between the uprights and above the crossbar.

After a field goal, the opponent of the scoring team shall designate which team will kick off.

If a drop kick or place kick is used following a safety, it is possible to score a field goal.

After the passer has clearly released the ball from in or behind the neutral zone, Team B must make a definite effort to avoid charging into the passer.

A pass thrown backward out of bounds to stop the clock is an illegal pass.

A passer is a player who throws a forward or backward pass.

A passer continues to be a passer until the legal forward pass ends or until he moves to participate in the play.

An offensive player cannot commit a spearing foul.

A penalty is a result imposed by rule against a team or team member that has committed a foul.

It is a foul when the helmet comes completely off of a player who is in possession of the ball.

An offensive player may push, pull or lift the runner to assist his forward progress.

If a false start causes B to encroach, only the false start is penalized.

If A1 clips B1 and the coach of Team B enters the field during the down to protest an apparent foul that was not called, it is a double foul.

A punt may be used for the free kick on a kickoff.

If the penalty is accepted for any foul which occurred before change of possession, the kickoff must be repeated.

If a pool of water forces the referee to move the ball for K1’s kick, the free-kick lines may be less than 10 yards apart.

After a safety, unless moved by a penalty, R’s free-kick line is K’s 30-yard line.

While it is possible to have several running plays during a down, with each one having its own basic spot of enforcement (where the related run ended), there can only be one loose-ball play during a down.