10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 61 10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 62
Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 20 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 94 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 80 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 28 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 95
Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 77 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 67 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 68 Basic Spot (Spots) 40 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 132 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 131 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 132 Batting (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 33 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 79 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 30 Below Waist (Blocking) 29 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 31 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 80 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 34 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 117 Blocking (Blocking) 29 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 130 Block in the Back (Blocking) 29 Boundary Lines (Lines) 34
Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 38 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 30 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 81 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 81 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 94 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 56 Chop Block (Blocking) 29 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 120 Clipping 31 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 116 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 26 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 27 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 97 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 121 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 121 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 127 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 102 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 123 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 72 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 152 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 38
Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays) 146 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 66 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 135 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 40 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 28 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 86 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 43 Defensive Linemen on Place Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 92 Definition of coach (Team and Player Designations) 43 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 60 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 137 Dimensions and Markings (The Field) 16 Disqualified players (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 128 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 42 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 31 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 35 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 94
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 97 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 97 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 78 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 96 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 37 End Lines (Lines) 34 End Zones (Field Areas) 45 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 136 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 39 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 150 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 50 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 47
Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 32 Field Areas (The Field) 19 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Field of Play (Field Areas) 45 Fighting 133, 45 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 47 Flagrant Fouls (Personal Fouls) 114 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 33 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 77 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 80 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 105 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 37 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 32 Forward Passer (Team and Player Designations) 42 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 44 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 71 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 32 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 73 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 77 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 73 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 73 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 73 Foul (Foul and Violation) 33 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 133 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 109 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 77 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 140 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 109 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 108 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 140 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 29 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 29 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 77 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 77 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 75 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 44 Fumble (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 33
Game Administration and Sideline Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 127 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 44 Game Officials (General Provisions) 15 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 150 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 15 Goal Lines (Lines) 34 Goals (The Field) 18
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 142 Handing the Ball 35 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 93 Hash Marks (Lines) 35 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 69 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 119 Helmet Comes Off -- Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 59 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 130 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 128 Horse Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 121 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 134 How Scored (Field Goal) 109 How Scored (Safety) 110 How Scored (Touchdown) 105 How Scored (Try Down) 106 Huddle 35 Hurdling 35 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 121
Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 87 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 99 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 60 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 25 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 95 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 132 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 103 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 78 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 40 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 99 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 103 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 113 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 56 In Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 30 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 84 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 128 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 136 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 32 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 87
Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 23 Jurisdiction 143
Kick After Safety (Safety) 112 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 41 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 78 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 35 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Kicks (Reviewable Plays) 147
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 118 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 95 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 63 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 49 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 58 Leverage, Leaping and Landing (Personal Fouls) 120 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 149 Limit Lines (The Field) 17 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 41 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 19 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 71 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 66 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 135 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 134 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 28 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 150 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 69 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 28 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 32 Low-Blocking Zone (Blocking) 29
Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 26 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 22 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 19 Marking Balls (The Ball) 21 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 17 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 148 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 64 Muff (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 33
Next Play (Field Goal) 110 Next Play (Try Down) 109 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 35 No Advance (Fair Catch) 86 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 88
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 41 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 91 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 90 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 134 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 37 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 107 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 24 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 69 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 94 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 81 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 81 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 40
Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 144 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 145 Passing (Passes) 37 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 73 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 73 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 33 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 150 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 15 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy) 144 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 94 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 68 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 44 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 133 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 43 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 78 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 69 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 22 Player (Team and Player Designations) 42 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 42 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 45 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 45 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 39 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 139 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 40 Previous Spot (Spots) 39 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 151 Process (Half-time video review) 152 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 27 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 26 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 35 Purpose (Half-time video review) 152 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy) 144 Pylons (The Field) 18
Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 79 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 21 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 27 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 58 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 128 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 42 Responsibilities 143 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 113 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 75 Restraining Lines (Lines) 34 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 152 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 122 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 119 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 42 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 44
Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays) 144 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 105 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 38 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 44 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 38 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 47 Series (Series and Possession Series) 39 Shift 38 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 89 Sidelines (Lines) 34 Side Zone (Field Areas) 45 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 31 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 134 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 112 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 42 Snapping the Ball 39 Source and location (Half-time video review) 152 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 142 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 22 Specifications (The Ball) 20 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 40 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 40 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 40 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 43 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 53 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 89 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 114 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 42 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 62 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 39 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 55
Tackle Box 46 Targeting 46 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 115 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 115 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 17 Team B personal foul during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 104 Team Captains (General Provisions) 15 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 41 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 16 The Field (Field Areas) 45 The Game (General Provisions) 15 The Neutral Zone 37 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 53 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 50 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 51 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 76 Touching (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 33 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 81
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 127 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 61 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 126 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 123 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense: Passing Downs (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 130
Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 32 Violation (Foul and Violation) 33 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 58
When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 131 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 28 When Declared (Touchback) 112 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 71 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 151 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 128 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 15
Yard Lines (Lines) 34
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@bafra.org