Football Question # 3.

[Lighthouse]

Second and 10 for team A from team B's 37 yardline. A1's legal forward pass is intercepted by B2 at his own three yardline. B2's momentum takes him into his own end zone. An official blows an inadvertent whistle.

A. Team A scores a safety.
B. Team B is awarded a touchback.
C. Team B will begin a new series at its own three yardline.

[40bill]

Wild guess.....c.

[KevinHall]

I will go with B.

[Matt Dillon]

B for me as well.

[TrueblueCATfan]

Second and 10 for team A from team B's 37 yardline. A1's legal forward pass is intercepted by B2 at his own three yardline. B2's momentum takes him into his own end zone. An official blows an inadvertent whistle.

A. Team A scores a safety.
B. Team B is awarded a touchback.
C. Team B will begin a new series at its own three yardline.

I will go with B

[Bourbonman]

b.........

[WIZARD]

Team B is awarded a touchback.

[Lighthouse]

I'm putting the answer up a little early, because I won't be on my computer in the morning.

The correct answer to question # 3,

is C for all levels.

RULE 8 Scoring.

SECTION 5. Safety.
How Scored
ARTICLE 1. It is a safety when: a. The ball becomes dead out of bounds behind a goal line, except from an incomplete forward pass, or becomes dead in the possession of a player on, above or behind his own goal line, or becomes dead by rule, and the defending team is responsible for the ball being there (A.R. 6-3-1-IV; A.R. 7-2-4-I; A.R. 8-5-1-I-II, IV and VI-X; A.R. 8-7-2-II; and A.R. 9-4-1-VIII). When in question, it is a touchback, not a safety.

Exception: It is not a safety if a player between his five-yard line and his goal line:
(a) intercepts a pass or fumble; or recovers an opponent’s fumble or backward pass; or catches or recovers a kick; and
(b) his original momentum carries him into his own end zone; and
(c) the ball remains behind his goal line and is declared dead in his team’s possession there. This includes a fumble that goes from the end zone into the field of play and out of bounds (Rule 7-2-4-b-1). If conditions (a)-(c) are satisfied above, the ball belongs to this player’s team at the spot where he gained possession.

[40bill]

Oh my goodness. Sometimes guessing is better on my part than knowing.