10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 67 10-second Runoff from Game Clock - Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 66 10-second Runoff Summary (Delays/Clock Tactics) 67
Accessibility (Players and Playing Equipment) 28 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 19 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 102 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 88 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 29 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 102
Ball coming out of end zone 209 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 85 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 73 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 75 Basic Spot (Spots) 42 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 141 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 140 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 141 Batting (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 34 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 87 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 31 Below Waist (Blocking) 30 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 32 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 87 Blind-side block (Blocking) 30 Blind-side block fouls 196 Blind-side block (Personal Fouls) 130 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 35 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 123 Blocking (Blocking) 29 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 140 Block in the Back (Blocking) 30 Boundary Lines (Lines) 35
Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 40 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 31 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 89 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 88 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 101 Celebrations 202, 205 Chain 208 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 59 Chop Block (Blocking) 30 Chop block fouls 196 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 127 Clipping 32 Clipping fouls 191, 212 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 123 Clotheslining 190 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 26 Coaches' Phones, Headsets and Communication Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 27 Coach (Team and Player Designations) 45 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 105 Conspicuous actions 189 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 128 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 128 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 136 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 130 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 79 Criteria for reversing an on-field ruling (Procedures) 155 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 39
Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 72 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 144 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 41 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 29 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 93 Defenseless player 195 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 44 Defensive Linemen on Scrimmage Kick Plays (Scrimmage Kicks) 91 Defensive pass interference fouls 193 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 100 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 64 Delay of game fouls 197 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 145 Dimensions and Markings (The Field) 14 Disconcerting signals fouls 199 Disqualified players and coaches (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 137 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 44 Disqualifying foul 195, 197 Dissent 202 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 32 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 37 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 101
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 105 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 105 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 86 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 104 Eligible receiver 198 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 38 Encroachment foul 199 End Lines (Lines) 35 End Zones (Field Areas) 47 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 145 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 41 Entities Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 14 Equipment and personnel (Procedures) 154 Explicitly reviewable fouls (Scope of instant replay) 153 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 52 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 49
Face mask fouls 195 Failure to wear mandatory equipment 201 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 32 Fair catch signal 197, 208 False start fouls 189, 198 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 38 Field markings 208 Field of Play (Field Areas) 46 Field Surface (The Field) 18 Fighting 142, 47 Fighting fouls 205 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 34 Flagrant Personal Fouls (Personal Fouls) 121 Flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct 204 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 84 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 88 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 112 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 39 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 33 Forward passer (Team and Player Designations) 43 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 46 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 78 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 33 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 85 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Foul (Foul and Violation) 34 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Fouls) 142 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 116 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 81 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 85 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 90 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 148 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 116 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 115 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 148 Frame of the body (Blocking) 30 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 30 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 84 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 85 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 82 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 37 Free kick out of bounds fouls 189 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 46 Fumble (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 34
Game Administration and Sideline Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 136 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 45 Game Officials (General Provisions) 13 Goal Lines and Pylons (Lines) 35 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 13 Goals (The Field) 16
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 150 Handing the Ball 36 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 101 Hash Marks (Lines) 36 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 76 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 126 Helmet Comes Off - Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 63 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 139 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 138 Holding fouls 189, 190, 212 Horse collar tackle fouls 196 Horse-Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 128 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 143 How Scored (Field Goal) 116 How Scored (Safety) 117 How Scored (Touchdown) 112 How Scored (Try Down) 113 Hurdling 36 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 128
Illegal block below the waist fouls 191 Illegal block in the back fouls 191, 212 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 95 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 107 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 65 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 24 Illegal equipment violations 201 Illegal formation 198 Illegal formation fouls 197 Illegal forward handing fouls 201 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 103 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 142 Illegal motion fouls 199, 211 Illegal substitution fouls 189, 200 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 111 Illegal touching fouls 189, 200 Illegal use of hands fouls 191, 212 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 85 Illegal wedge fouls 201 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 42 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 107 Ineligible receiver 198 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 110 Ineligible receiver downfield fouls 199 Information provision (Procedures) 155 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 120 Initiating review (Procedures) 155 Injured players (Scope of instant replay) 154 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 60 Intentional grounding fouls 200 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 92 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 137 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 145 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 33 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 94
Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 22 Junior players 188 Jurisdiction 151
Kick After Safety (Safety) 119 Kick-catch interference fouls 196 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 43 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 86 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 37
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 125 Late hit fouls 194 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 89 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 102 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 68 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 51 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 63 Leverage and Leaping (Personal Fouls) 127 Limit Lines (The Field) 15 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 43 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 18 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 78 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 72 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 144 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 143 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 29 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 76 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 29 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 90 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 32
Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 25 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 21 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 18 Marking Balls (The Ball) 20 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 15 Minimum time for a play after spiking the ball (Playing Time and Intermissions) 54 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 70 Muff (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 34
Next Play (Field Goal) 117 Next Play (Try Down) 116 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 36 No Advance (Fair Catch) 94 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 95
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 43 Offensive pass interference fouls 194 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 98 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 97 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 143 Offside fouls 189, 199, 201 Offside on a free kick play (Encroachment and Offside) 39 Offside on a scrimmage play (Encroachment and Offside) 38 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 114 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 23 Other rulings (Scope of instant replay) 154 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 77 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 102 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 89 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 89 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 90 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 42
Passing (Passes) 39 Pass interference fouls 193, 194 Pass Interference: Summary (Forward Pass) 109 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 80 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 34 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 13 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 37 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 101 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 76 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 45 Player Disqualification (Flagrant Fouls) 142 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 45 Player out of bounds fouls 201 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 85 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 76 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 21 Player (Team and Player Designations) 43 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 44 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 47 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 47 Point of attack 189 Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 30 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 41 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 147 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 42 Pregame, First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 48 Previous Spot (Spots) 41 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 26 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 26 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 36 Pylons (The Field) 17
Ready for play 209 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 86 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 20 Referee communication (Players and Playing Equipment) 28 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 63 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 137 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 44 Requesting a review (Scope of instant replay) 152 Responsibilities 151 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 120 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 82 Restraining Lines (Lines) 35 Result of the Play (Play Classification) 46 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 38 Reviewable plays (Scope of instant replay) 152 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 129 Roughing/running into the kicker fouls 192, 213 Roughing the passer fouls 192 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 126 Roughing the snapper fouls 195 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 81 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 44 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 46
Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 112 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 40 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 38 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 37 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 46 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 40 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 48 Series (Series and Possession Series) 41 Shift 40 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 96 Sideline interference 205 Sidelines (Lines) 35 Side Zone (Field Areas) 47 Simulating being roughed fouls 204 Simulating other fouls 205 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 32 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 143 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 119 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 44 Snapping the Ball 40 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 150 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 21 Specifications (The Ball) 19 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 41 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 42 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 42 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 44 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 56 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 96 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 121 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 44 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 68 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 41 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 58
Tackle Box 47 Take a knee play 206 Targeting 47 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 122 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 122 Targeting fouls 195 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 16 Team B movement and signals fouls 199 Team B personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 111 Team Captains (General Provisions) 13 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 43 The Field (Field Areas) 46 The Game (General Provisions) 13 The Neutral Zone 38 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 55 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 51 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 53 Touchback 208 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick; Illegal Touching (Free Kicks) 84 Touching (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 34 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 89 Two-minute Warning (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 60
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 135 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 65 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 133 Unnecessary roughness fouls 192, 195, 206 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 131 Unsportsmanlike conduct fouls 202, 213
Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 33 Violation (Foul and Violation) 34 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 63
When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 29 When Declared (Touchback) 119 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 78 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 137 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 13
Yard Lines (Lines) 36 Youth players 188