32. RULING: The block below the waist occurs beyond the neutral zone but behind the end of the run. (a) A 1/22 A48. The back was lined up completely outside the tackle. The 15-yard penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul. (b) A 1/10 B28. Legal block since some part of the back was lined up behind the tackle. (c) A 1/22 A48. Foul since the back was in motion. The 15-yard penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul. (d) A 1/10 B28. Legal block since the block was not toward an imaginary line running through the spot of the snap.
33. RULING: The tailback advances from B's 25 to B's 12. (a) A 1/20 B35. The 10-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot. (b) A 1/15 B30. The penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul which is behind the end of the run. (c) A 2/27 B42. The 15-yard penalty for the illegal kicking foul is enforced from the spot of the foul and carries a loss of down. (d) A 1/10 B15. The 10-yard penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul taking the ball to B's 30. The 15-yard penalty for the dead ball personal foul is enforced from the succeeding spot and carries a first down.
34. RULING: The fumble occurs beyond the neutral zone on B's 15. (a) Touchdown - penalize on try or kickoff. Personal foul penalties for fouls by opponents of the scoring team during a down that ends in a touchdown are enforced on the try or from the succeeding spot. (b) A 3/5 B30 - fouls offset - penalties cancel - replay. Team B fouled before gaining team possession so the fouls are offsetting. (c) A 1/goal B7-1/2. Team B fouled before gaining team possession. The 10-yard penalty is enforced half the distance from the end of the tailback's run. (d) Touchdown - penalize in order of occurrence on try or kickoff. The 15-yard penalty for Team B's live ball foul is penalized on the try or the succeeding kickoff. Then, the 15-yard penalty for Team a's dead ball foul is penalized on the try or the succeeding kickoff.
35. RULING: The tailback advances three yards to B's 45 and fumbles on third down. (a) A 4/5 B45. The ball is returned to the spot of the fumble. (b) A 4/5 B45. The backward batting by the Team B player is legal. The ball is returned to the spot of the fumble. (c) A 1/10 B30. The 15-yard penalty for the Team B batting foul is enforced from the end of the run. (d) A 4/20 A40. The 15-yard penalty for the Team A batting foul is enforced from the end of the run.
36. RULING: QB's fourth down backward pass is muffed behind the neutral zone. (a) A 1/10 B39; snap. A backward pass went out of bounds. (b) A 1/10 B29. The 15-yard penalty for Team B's batting foul is enforced from the previous spot. (c) B 1/10 A37. The 15-yard penalty for Team A's batting foul is enforced from the spot of the foul and carries a loss of down. (d) A 1/10 B39. The center recovered a backward pass on B's 39 while grounded. Team A has earned a first down.
37. RULING: QB's third down handoff is muffed behind the neutral zone. (a) Safety. The ball is awarded to the team last in possession. Team A provided the impetus. (b) A 1/10 A19. The 15-yard penalty for Team B's batting foul is enfoced from the previous spot. (c) Safety. Holding is one of the fouls that result in a safety if the foul occurs behind Team A's goal line. (d) A 4/5 A7 or A 3/10 A2. The 10-yard penalty, if accepted, is enforced half the distance from the previous spot.
38. RULING: The game clock is running. (a) A 1/15 A40; snap. After the 5-yard penalty from the succeeding spot, Rule 3-4-3 is invoked and the clock starts on the snap. (b) A 1/14 A41; ready. The 10-yard penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul. The clock starts on the ready. (c) A 1/15 A40; snap. After the 5-yard penalty from the succeeding spot, Rule 3-4-3 is invoked and the clock starts on the snap. (d) A 1/15 A40; ready. The 5-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot. The clock starts on the ready. (e) A 1/10 B45; ready. The 5-yard penalty is enforced from the spot of the backward pass that was thrown to conserve time. Rule 3-4-3 is invoked and the clock starts on the ready. (f) A 2/3 B48; ready. Stop the clock until Team B unpile and start the clock on the ready (or when Team B unpiles). (g) A 1/15 A40; ready. After the 5-yard penalty from the succeeding spot, the clock starts on the ready since there is no reason to invoke 3-4-3. (h) A 4/15 A40; snap. The 5-yard penalty is enforced from the succeeding spot. The clock starts on the snap since Team A was in a scrimmage kick formation.
39. RULING: Team A has only six players on the line at the snap. (a) A 1/10 B20 - fouls offset - penalties cancel - replay. Fouls by each team occurred before a change of team possession. (b) B 1/10 B20. Team B will decline offsetting fouls. Then, Team A will accept the 10-yard penalty for Team B's foul enforced from the spot of the foul. (c) A 1/10 B40 or A 1/15 B25. Team B may accept the penalty enforced from the previous spot or take the result of the play. The clock starts on the ready. (d) A 1/10 B20; ready - fouls offset - penalties cancel - replay. Each team fouled prior to a change of team possession.
40. RULING: The ball is advancing toward Team B's goal line. (a) Touchdown. The live ball in player possession broke the plane of the goal line without crossing the sideline. (b) Touchdown. The live ball in player possession passed over the pylon (A.R. 8-2-1-III). (c) B's 1 - out of bounds. The live ball in player possession crossed the sideline on B's 1. (d) Touchdown. The live ball in player possession broke the plane of the goal line extended while the player was inbounds. The runner is grounded as opposed to airborne. (e) B's 1. The ball in player possession becomes dead at its foremost point in the field of play. (f) Touchdown. The live ball in player possession broke the plane of the goal line extended while the player was inbounds. The runner is grounded as opposed to airborne.