BMOA Football Quiz

60 questions, 30 will be True/False and 30 will be Multiple-choice.

First 30 questions are True/False

1: After touching the ball, the snapper may remove both hands from the ball. T F

2: When a false start occurs just prior to the snap, the official shall sound his whistle immediately. T F

3: A back may not wear a jersey with a number 50 through 79. T F

4: If a runner uses an open hand on an opponent’s face mask to ward off a tackle, it is a foul. T F

5: The runner cannot commit a spearing foul. T F

6: If a teammate lifts or pushes the runner, it is a foul which carries a 10-yard penalty. T F

7: Any forward pass purposely in completed is an illegal pass. T F

8: Touching of a forward pass by B41 causes pass interference restrictions to end and all Team A players to become eligible. T F

9: A pass thrown backward out of bounds to stop the clock is an illegal pass. T F

10: Any kicker may recover a free kick if it has touched the ground and has also gone beyond the plane of Team R’s free kick line. T F

11: A legal scrimmage kick can only be made from behind the neutral zone before team possession has change. T F

12: Any scrimmage kick out of bounds between the goal lines or out of bounds in the end zone belongs to the receivers. T F

13: If during the last timed down of the first period K23 commits kick-catching interference and Team R accepts an awarded fair catch the period shall be extended. T F

14: If stopped, the clock will start with the ready play signal for other then a free kick when the action which caused the down to end did not also cause the clock to be stopped. T F

15: Charged team time-out shall be reduced in length if both teams are ready to play before the ready-for-play signal. T F

16: It is roughing to charge into the kicker when contact is avoidable. T F

17: If a player is charged with an unsportsmanlike foul because of a prolonged or excessive act, he must also be disqualified. T F

18: It is not a foul if a player accidentally contacts a loose ball with his hand. T F

19: It is a touchback if A28 fumbles on Team B’s five yard line and B11’s muff forces the loose ball into Team B’s end zone and out of bounds beyond the end line. T F

20: On kicks entering Team R’s end zone and becoming dead there, the determination of force dictates whether it is a touchback or a safety. T F

21: If A31 fumbles on Team B’s two yard line and the ball rolls through the end zone and over the end line, it is a touchdown for Team A. T F

22: If substitute B42 enters the field as the 12^th player during a down but does not participate or influence the play, it is a non-player foul. T F

23: A player may be withdrawn and reenter during the same dead ball interval if the period ends during the dead ball interval. T F

24: If a replaced player is unable to leave the field prior to the snap, it is an illegal substitution foul if he does not participate nor affect play. T F

25: If A7’s pass is caught by A82 and there is an unnecessary roughness foul against A7 after the catch, it is a foul during a loose-ball play. T F

26: A non-player foul penalty is enforced from the same spot as a dead-ball foul. T F

27: When the momentum exception is in effect, the end of the run for purposes of penalty enforcement is the spot of the catch. T F

28: If an inadvertent whistle sounds but the penalty for a foul which occurred prior to the whistle, the inadvertent is ignored. T F

29: Relative to ball choice when there has been no change of possession, the try is not considered to be part of the previous series in which the touchdown was scored. T F

30: Any equipment which the umpire rules dangerous or confusing is illegal. T F

Second 30 question will be Multiple-Choice select all possible correct answers.

1: Standing in his end zone, R27 catches the kickoff and hands the ball forward to R30 who crosses the goal line and is tackled at the 12 yard line.

(a) First and 10 for Team R at the six yard line.

(b) First and 10 for Team R at the 10 yard line.

(c) Safety; two points for Team K.

(d) First and 10 for Team R at the 20 yard line.

2: On a third down play, A43 fumbles short of the line to gain. The ball crosses the line to gain before going out of bounds, last touched by B41.

(a) First and 10 for Team A at the out-of-bounds spot.

(b) Fourth down at the spot of the fumble.

(c) First and 10 for Team B.

(d) Clock starts on the ready.

3: With the game clock running, Team K is in a scrimmage kick formation with fourth and eight at Team R’s 35 yard line. The 25-second clock expires. Team R declines the penalty for the delay-of-game foul.

(a) Because the penalty is declined, the clock must start on the ready-to-play signal.

(b) Because the penalty is declined, the clock must start on the snap.

(c) The clock must start on the snap, regardless of Team B’s decision.

(d) Had Team B accepted the penalty, the clock would start on the ready.

4: A47 is beyond the neutral zone when he is blocked below the waist by B28. The block forces A47 out of bounds. He returns immediately, catches a legal forward pass, and is tackled inbounds at Team B’s 36 yard line for a 20 yard gain.

(a) Double foul.

(b) No foul by Team A; A47 may still participate after being blocked out of bounds.

(c) If B28’s block is in the front it is legal.

(d) The penalty for B28’ foul is in the front it is legal.

(e) The penalty for B28’s foul is enforced from the end of the run at the 36 yard line.

(f) The penalty against Team B includes a automatic first down

(g) The clock starts on the ready-for-play signal.

5: B76 commits a substitution infraction at the snap on a play where A42 runs for a touchdown. After the ball is dead, A62 commits a personal foul.

(a) The penalty for B76”s foul may be enforced on the try or the kickoff.

(b) The penalty for A62’s foul may be enforced on the try, but not on the kickoff.

(c) Double foul—replay the down.

(d) Team A must decline the penalty for the illegal substitution foul to count the touchdown.

(e) The penalty for B76’s foul is obviously decline.

6: Second and 18 at Team B’s 40 yard line. After throwing a legal forward pass, quarterback A12 is roughed by B61. A84 catches the ball and runs to Team B’s six yard line where he fumbles. B12 recovers the fumble, advances the ball to his 28 yard line where he fumbles. A29 recovers and is downed at the 30 yard line.

(a) Team B is penalized from the previous spot.

(b) Whether A84 catches the ball behind or beyond the neutral zone is a factor in determining the enforcement spot.

(c) Team B is penalized from the six yard line.

(d) Team B is penalized from the 28 yard line.

(e) Team B is penalized from the 30 yard line.

(f) The clock starts on the ready-for-play signal.

7: Second and 12 from Team A’s six yard line. Quarterback A19, in his end zone, is unable to find an open receiver. Under a heavy rush he throws the ball away. His forward pass in flight hits lineman A71 in the back, also in his end zone, and falls incomplete.

(a) Safety and two points for Team B: no option.

(b) A71 is guilty of illegal touching and the penalty is enforced from the previous spot.

(c) Team B may decline the intentional grounding penalty and have the ball next put in play at the previous spot.

(d) If the foul occurred in the field of play, the loss of down provision would apply.

8: Team K’s field goal attempt strikes K36 beyond the neutral zone at Team R’s 13 yard line and rolls into the end zone. R48 picks up the ball, tries to advance it out of the end zone put fumbles. The ball is recovered in the end zone by K75.

(a) Foul by Team K for touching the field goal attempt.

(b) Touchdown.

(c) First touching by K36.

(d) The ball is dead as soon as it touches the ground in the end zone.

(e) The ball belongs to Team R at its 20 yard line.

9: On third down and 17, A2 drops back to pass and is sacked for a seven yard loss. During the play linebacker B63 holds eligible receiver A84 10 yards beyond the neutral zone.

(a) 15-yard penalty against Team B for fouling an eligible receiver beyond the neutral zone.

(b) The penalty is enforced from the previous spot.

(c) The penalty is enforced from the end of A2’s run.

(d) 10-yard penalty against Team B.

(e) Automatic first down for Team A.

(f) Third down and seven.

10: Wide receiver A80 blocks the safety downfield just as quarterback A18 throws a legal forward pass. B10 intercepts and returns the ball for a touchdown.

(a) No carry-over because penalties for Team A fouls are never carried over.

(b) Team B may keep the touchdown and elect to have the penalty for the offensive pass interference foul enforced on the kickoff.

(c) The penalty will be enforced on the try.

(d) The penalty is obviously declined.

11: A12 throws a legal forward pass to eligible A30 who catches the ball and then fumble. B23 recovers and returns the ball to his 39 yard line where A42 tackles him by twisting the face mask. B71 blocks below the waist during B23’s run.

(a) Since both fouls occur after the change of possession, they must off set and the down must be replayed.

(b) Team B may decline Team A foul and keep the ball after enforcement of the penalty for B71’s foul.

(c) B71’s block is enforced from the spot of the foul.

(d) B71’s block is legal since it is not during a kick play.

12: Second and seven at Team A’s 35 yard line. After a running play ends inbounds at Team A’s 40 yard line.

B79 and A63 are flagged for fighting. It is not possible to determine who threw the first punch.

(a) The penalties cancel; third and two at Team A’s 40 yard line.

(b) The penalties cancel; first and 10 for Team A at its 40 yard line.

(c) B79 and A63 are ejected.

(d) The clock starts on the ready-for-play signal.

13: A32 is split far toward the sideline and is in motion toward the ball at the snap. A quarterback sneak play has taken the ball beyond the neutral zone when A32 blocks linebacker B57 from the front at the knees. A32 is three yards beyond the neutral zone when he makes his block.

(a) Illegal block below the waist.

(b) Because the ball had already crossed the neutral zone this is a legal block.

(c) Blocking from the front is always legal in the free-blocking zone.

14: To start the first overtime series, B23 intercepts a forward pass at his own four yard line and his momentum carries him into the end zone. He carries the ball out of the end zone and is tackled at the three yard line.

(a) Safety; two points for Team A.

(b) Team B’s ball at the four yard line.

(c) Team B’s ball at the three yard line.

(d) Team B puts the ball in play at the 10 yard line to start their series.

15: B69 is the nose guard lined up directly opposite the center and A27 the right tackle. After the ready and before the snap, B69 lurches into the neutral zone. Simultaneously with B69’s first movement, A72 flinches and lifts his hand from the ground. The official’s cannot determine who fouled first.

(a) The officials stop the action and then the referee again declares the ball ready for play.

(b) False start by A72.

(c) Encroachment by B69.

(d) Clock starts on the snap.

(e) Clock starts on the ready.

(f) Clock starts on the ready only if it were running at the time the officials stopped play.

16: On first and 10, Team A’s quarterback runs beyond the neutral zone, retreats behind the neutral zone, and throws a forward pass from his 40 yard line. B37 interferes with eligible A86 who catches the pass and runs for an apparent touchdown.

(a) Double foul for A’s illegal forward pass and B37’s pass interference.

(b) Team A is penalized five yards from the 40 yard line plus loss of down: second down from the 35 yard line.

(c) The clock starts on the snap.

(d) No foul by B37; defensive pass interference cannot be called on an illegal forward pass play.

(e) The penalty is obviously declined.

17: Team K’s third down punt is blocked. The ball goes out of bounds short of the line-to-gain.

(a) Team R’s ball at the out-of-bounds spot.

(b) Team K’s ball, fourth down at the out-of-bounds spot.

(c) Whether the ball crosses the neutral zone is a factor in the result of this play.

(d) Team K will get the ball if Team R touches it before it goes out of bounds.

(e) The clock will start on the snap.

18: Team K snaps the ball at Team R’s 40 yard line and punts. During the kick, R39 clips at his 26 yard line. K30 reaches across the plane of the goal line into the end zone and bats the ball backward and out of bounds at the four yard line.

(a) Double foul. Replay the down.

(b) Team R may decline Team K’s foul and retain the football by having its clipping penalty administered; first and 10 for Team R from its two yard line.

(c) Award Team R a touchback.

(d) K30’s batting in the end zone is a violation whose privileges are not canceled by acceptance of a penalty.

19: On a third down play lineman A70 runs three yards beyond the neutral zone without contacting an opponent. He then circles back behind the neutral zone before A3 throws a legal forward pass that crosses the neutral zone. The ball is caught and the receiver tackled inbounds.

(a) Ineligible receiver downfield.

(b) Clock starts on the ready.

(c) Legal play—no foul.

(d) Had A70 contacted an opponent downfield he could have been guilty of offensive pass interference.

20: K21 is in his end zone to punt the ball. He muffs the snap, the ball strikes the ground, and R87 bats it. The ball strikes a pylon at the intersection of the goal line and a sideline.

(a) The result of the play is a safety.

(b) Foul by B87 for batting the ball.

(c) The penalty for R87’s foul is enforced from the goal line.

(d) The penalty for R87’s foul is enforced from the previous spot.

(e) The penalty for R87’s foul is enforced from the 20 yard line.

(f) The penalty for R87’s foul carries an automatic first down.

21: B32 intercepts Team A’s legal forward pass. He advances, fumbles, and the ball is recovered by A20 who is tackled inbounds.

(a) The clock starts on the ready.

(b) The clock starts on the snap.

(c) The continuity of downs is broken and Team A has the ball first and 10.

(d) The down and distance depend on where A20 was tackled relative to the line to gain.

22: Team K’s scrimmage kick crosses the neutral zone and is caught by deep receiver R29 at his 18 yard line. R29, who doesn’t hear the whistle and is unaware that short receiver R38 has given a valid fair catch signal, carries the ball for several yards and steps out of bounds.

(a) No foul since R29 was unaware of his teammate’s signal.

(b) Dead-ball foul: Team R’s ball, first down and 15 at its 13 yard line.

(c) R38’s signal is illegal since he did not catch the ball after signaling.

(d) It would have been legal for R29 to block after R38’s signal.

(e) Dead-ball foul: Team R’s ball, first down and 10 at its 13 yard line.

23: On fourth down, K21 is in deep punt formation to receive a snap from his own 21 yard line. At his six yard line, he muffs the ball and, to prevent the defense from recovering, bats the ball backward into and out of the end zone.

(a) The result of the play is a safety.

(b) Team R may take the safety or accept the penalty for K21’s foul which includes loss of down: First and goal from the one-half yard line

(c) Had a Team R player recovered the ball in the field of play he could have carried it into the end zone for a touchdown.

(d) No foul for batting the ball backward in the field of play.

24: Fourth and three at Team R’s 20 yard line. As Team K kicks a successful field goal, R72 slaps K66 in the head at the line of scrimmage.

(a) Team K must decline the penalty; no option.

(b) Team K may let the field goal stand and have the penalty against Team R enforced on the kickoff.

(c) Team K may elect to forgo the field goal and have the penalty enforced from the previous spot, thus resulting in a first down.

25: Team K is in a scrimmage kick formation, third and 17, at its 42 yard line. K53 snaps the ball to K15, the deep back; immediately after releasing the ball, K53 is blocked by nose guard R79. K15 muffs the snap and downs the ball at his 25 yard line.

(a) No foul since K15 did not kick the ball.

(b) Personal foul against R79, 15 yard penalty.

(c) Personal foul against R79, 15 yard penalty, automatic first down.

(d) The penalty is enforced from the previous spot.

(e) The penalty is enforced from the 25 yard line.

26: Third and 10 on Team A’s 20 yard line. A61 holds at the 18 yard line as A9’s pass is intercepted by B28 and returned for a touchdown.

(a) The penalty is automatically declined.

(b) Team B must decline the penalty to keep the touchdown.

(c) The holding penalty can be enforced on the try.

(d) The holding penalty can be enforced on the succeeding kickoff.

27: Team A has 11 players in the huddle when A82 enters the game. The huddle breaks about three seconds after A82 enters it. A83 goes directly to the team box from the huddle.

(a) Legal.

(b) Illegal, it is a foul to have 12 players in the huddle.

(c) Illegal, it is a foul to break the huddle with 12 players.

(d) It would be a foul if A83 hadn’t left immediately.

28: In the second period, K2 kicks a field goal. The referee then notices a 2” tee was stabilized with a piece of plywood bolted to it.

(a) The tee is legal.

(b) The score is canceled.

(c) The penalty is enforced from the succeeding spot.

(d) A foul is charged to the head coach.

(e) The head coach is ejected.

29: Fourth and 20 on Team K’s 15 yard line. K27 punts and replaced player R76 is flagged for not getting off the field before the snap. R34 catches the punt and has his helmet pulled off by K84 on an attempted tackle. R34 remains standing and the whistle is blown. R55 then retaliates against K84.

(a) The whistle was inadvertent.

(b) None of the fouls are enforced and the down is replayed

(c) The next snap will be made by Team K.

(d) Team A will have a first down at their 30 yard line.

30: Team A is illegally in motion. A9’s pass is intercepted by B33 at his 20 yard line and returned to Team A’s 10 yard line as time for the first half expires. During the return, there is a clip by Team B.

(a) The half is over.

(b) The half is over only if Team B accepts Team A’s foul.

(c) If Team B declines Team A’s foul, Team A can decline Team B’s foul.

(d) The penalty for the clip can be enforced to start the second half.