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Football Penalties and signals - NFHS
NFHS Football Rules
40
Sports
Not Applicable
07/25/2010

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Cards

Term
Unsportsmanslike Conduct
Definition
15 yds - Live ball - succeeding spot [image]
Term
Delay of Game
Definition

5 yds - Dead ball - Succeeding spot

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Term
Illegal Substitution
Definition

5 yds - Dead Ball - Succeeding Spot

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Term
Encroachment
Definition

5 yds - Dead ball - SP

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Term
Free Kick Out of Bounds
Definition

3 options: * 5 yard penalty and rekick * Place ball 25 yds beyond the previous spot * Place ball at inbounds spot

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Term
Illegal Kicking (kicking the ball from beyond the neutral zone, or kicking the ball after a change of possession)
Definition

15 yds - Live ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Illegal Blocking - Receiver blocking after giving a valid or invalid signal
Definition

15 yds - Live ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Delay of Game (advancing ball after a signal by any member of the receiving team)
Definition

5 yds - Dead ball - SS

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Term
Kick-Catch Interference (obstructing a receiver's path to a kick in flight, kicking team member touches a kick in flight prior to receiving team touching the ball (2 options)
Definition

Option 1: 15 yds - Live ball - Previous spot Option 2: Awarded fair catch - Spot of foul Option 3: Decline the penalty and take the result of the play

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Term
Invalid Fair catch signal (using improper fair catch signal before the kick is caught or recovered)
Definition

5 yds - live ball - basic spot

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Term
Illegal Fair Catch Signal (Reciever gives fair catch signal after catching or recovering the kick)
Definition

5 yds - Live ball - spot of foul

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Term
False Start
Definition

5 yds - Dead ball - Succeeding spot

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Term
Illegal formation (Player not within the 9 yd marks after ready for play and before the snap, a lineman has his legs interlocked with any player other than the snapper at the snap, a back penetrating a line drawn through the waistline of the nearest lineman)
Definition

5 yds - live ball - previous spot

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Term
Illegal Snap (snap fails to leave the hand of the snapper or touch a back, or snap failes to touch the ground before touching offensive linemen)
Definition

5 yds - Dead ball - Succeeding spot

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Term
Illegal Shift (Failure of all offensive players to be stationary simultaneously for one second prior to the snap and after a huddle or shift)
Definition
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Term
Illegal Motion (offensive player in motion towards his opponent's goal at the snap, or in motion from line without having established himself as a back
Definition

5 yds - live ball - Previous spot

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Term
Illegal Forward Pass
Definition

5 yds - Live ball - Spot of Foul (LOSS OF DOWN)

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Term
Intentional grounding (Forward pass intentionally thrown into an area with not eligible offensive receiver or forward pass intentionally thrown to save loss of yardage or conserve time)
Definition

5 yds - live ball - Spot of Foul (LOSS OF DOWN)

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Term
Illegal Forward Pass (2nd forward pass during a down)
Definition

5 yds - Live ball - Spot of Foul (LOSS OF DOWN)

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Term
Defensive Pass Interference (DPI) - Interfering with any offensive player's opportunity to move toward, catch, or bat a legal forward pass beyond the neutral zone)
Definition

15 yds - Live ball - Previous Spot - (AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN)

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Term
Offensive Pass Interference (OPI) - Any offensive player interfering with a defensive player's opportunity to move toward, catch, or bat a legal forward pass beyond the neutral zone prior to the ball being touched by any defensive player or eligible offensive player)
Definition

15 yds - Live ball - Previous spot - LOSS OF DOWN

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Term
Ineligible Downfield (Any ineligible offensive receiver is beyond the expanded neutral zone before the last legal forward pass is thrown)
Definition

5 yds - Live ball - Previous spot

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Term
Illegal touching (An ineligible offensive player bats, muffs, or catches a forward pass prior to defense touching the ball)
Definition
5 yds - live ball - Basic Spot (LOSS OF DOWN) [image]
Term
Holding
Definition

10 yds - Live ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Blocking Below the Waist (Blocking an opponent below the waist other than when the free blocking zone exists and its requirments are met)
Definition

15 yds - live ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Illegal Block (Block against the kicker or holder on a free kick)
Definition

15 yds - live ball - Previous Spot

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Term
Clipping (contact from the rear below the waist)
Definition

15 yds - Live ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Block in the Back (Contact from the rear above the waist)
Definition

10 yds - Live Ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Chop Block (Contact at the knees or below of an opponent who is already inh contact with an teammate in the free blocking zone)
Definition

15 yds - Live Ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Tripping (Tripping an opponent who is not the runner)
Definition

15 yds - Live ball - Basic Spot

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Term
Personal Foul (swinging foot, shin, or knee into an opponent/ charging into an opponent obviously out of the play/ piling on any player who is lying on the ground
Definition

15 yds - Live/Dead - Basic/Succeeding Spot

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Term
Facemask (grasping facemask, helmet opening, or chinstrap) OR (Twisting or turning the facemask or helpment opening)
Definition

5 yds/15 yds - Live/Dead Ball - Basic/Succeeding Spot

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Term
Illegal Helmet Contact (butt block, face tackle, or spear)
Definition
15 yds - Live ball - Basic spot [image]
Term
Horse Collar Tackle
Definition

15 yds - Live/Dead ball - Basic/Succeeding spot

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Term
Running into the kicker or holder
Definition
5 yds - Live Ball - Previous Spot [image]
Term
Roughing the kicker or holder
Definition
15 yds - Live Ball - Previous spot (AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN) [image]
Term
Roughing the Snapper (charging directly into snapper in a scrimmage kick formation)
Definition

15 yds - live ball - Basic Spot (AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN)

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Term
Unsportsmanslike Conduct
Definition

15 yds - Live/Dead Ball - Basic/Succeeding Spot

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Term
Illegal Participation
Definition
15 yds - Live ball - Basic/Previous Spot [image]
Term
Sideline Interference (Being outside the team box, but not on the field)
Definition
First offense - warning Second Offense - 5 yds - Live/Dead - SS [image] Third Offense - 15 yds - Live/Dead - SS
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