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I could be perfectly unaware of a normal rule, because after all who misses a FG inside the 5 yard line. We were also on the good side of it if that matters, but still was confusing to me (I could just be dumb too)

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Opponent missed FG inside the 1 yard line. Thought we would get the ball from spot of kick at around the 7, but next play we are on the 20 yard line. Never seen that before.

I think that's the rule in real football too... missed FGs from inside the 20 come out to the 20. Very rare, though, for obvious reasons.

Originally posted by Novus
I think that's the rule in real football too... missed FGs from inside the 20 come out to the 20. Very rare, though, for obvious reasons.

Yup. At every level as well. (High School to Pros).

Yep. That's how it goes. Used to see a ton of that in High school. Of course back then we were using real pig skin footballs too...

Gee I'm dumb

Thanks for letting me know.

At least we got to see that rare sequence of events. On 3rd and G from the 8, there was an 8 yard gain, setting up 4th and G from the 0 yard line... setting up the 17 yard FG attempt. don't think i've seen that before anywhere

Originally posted by sunder B
Gee I'm dumb

Thanks for letting me know.

Nah mate. Trust me, there's a lot of rules that even some self professed football diehards don't know. Just ask about the Drop Kick.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
Nah mate. Trust me, there's a lot of rules that even some self professed football diehards don't know. Just ask about the Drop Kick.

I have something even more obscure... how about the Fair Catch Kick rule? And to get even MORE obscure, do you know the one level of football that DOESN'T have the Fair Catch Kick rule?

Originally posted by Novus
I have something even more obscure... how about the Fair Catch Kick rule? And to get even MORE obscure, do you know the one level of football that DOESN'T have the Fair Catch Kick rule?

Like I said, there's a lot of rules out there. Some coaches even forget them now and then. How about the 'other fair catch rule' in the NFL?

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
Like I said, there's a lot of rules out there. Some coaches even forget them now and then. How about the 'other fair catch rule' in the NFL?

Is that the one where you catch the ball in your endzone and you get to celebrate a TD like it was in the other endzone?

As to the missed kick inside the 20? Don't do it and you don't have to worry about this rule

Nah. That's where, if you have both an alert enough front line with great hands, you can call 'fair catch' and catch either a pooched kick or a low liner and wherever you catch the ball you get one 'free kick try' at a FG. No body trying to block it or anything... just a free shot at a (highly likely) very long FG. I've never seen it (although it might've been) tried in my time but there has to be a reason for the rule and somebody has had to have tried it.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
Nah. That's where, if you have both an alert enough front line with great hands, you can call 'fair catch' and catch either a pooched kick or a low liner and wherever you catch the ball you get one 'free kick try' at a FG. No body trying to block it or anything... just a free shot at a (highly likely) very long FG. I've never seen it (although it might've been) tried in my time but there has to be a reason for the rule and somebody has had to have tried it.

A few years ago, I covered a high school football game on the radio where a fair catch kick was attempted. I was the only member of the broadcast team who knew that rule, so I got to be the one to explain it on the air.

There have been a few recent attempts in the NFL as well, but it's pretty rare. Oddly enough, there are no fair-catch kicks in college football... NFL and high school only.

I wonder if the AAF had them... guess we'll never know.

That also works on the punt following a safety.

That's when you hear NFL announcers bring it up most often.

Originally posted by TJ Spikes
That also works on the punt following a safety.

That's when you hear NFL announcers bring it up most often.



Funny thing about that is that you do not have to punt it. Most teams choose Punt out of either habit or simply because you get more hangtime so the ST coverage is usually better. But you can choose to kick instead.


Last, but not least, I can remember the Flutie Play of the 'reverse fake punt' where they would line up as if going for it on 4th down, with Flutie at QB in shotgun mode, then if the other team didn't drop their safeties back far enough, he'd drop kick (punt) the ball over their heads ... no returns. Genius.