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An official otherwise whistles the ball dead, even if inadvertently. [11] [12] Depending on the league, there may be additional situations which trigger a dead ball. For example, in the CFL, the ball becomes dead if it makes contact with an official, while under NCAA rules, it does not. [13] [12]
Dead-ball era slugging average (highlighted area, 1900–1918 inclusive) and contributions from (top to bottom) home runs (HR), triples (3B), doubles (2B), and singles (1B) Dead-ball era runs scored per game (highlighted area, 1900–1918 inclusive)
Scored when the ball becomes dead in the possession of a team in its own goal area, or when the ball touches or crosses the dead-line, or side-line-in-goal, and touches the ground, a player, or some object beyond these lines as a result of the ball having been kicked from the field of play into the goal area by the scoring team.
The ball becomes dead, and the down ends, when: the ball carrier is downed, as described above; under college rules only, the ball carrier fakes a slide to the ground; a forward pass falls incomplete (it touches the ground before possession is secured by a player); the ball carrier or ball touches the sideline or end line or otherwise goes ...
High school football (apart from Texas) immediately rules the ball dead when the ball crosses the goal line; the ball cannot be returned from the end zone, nor can it be recovered there for a touchdown. NFL immediately rules the ball dead, when the ball touches the ground in the endzone, if not been touched by the receivers before.
The game clock stops whenever the ball is dead. The game clock starts on the snap after any kickoff, kick from scrimmage, open field kick, change of possession, incomplete forward pass, score, or the ball being carried out of bounds, accepted penalty, or fouls on both teams. If a foul is declined, the non-offending team can choose to start the ...
An offside foul will also be called if the ball snapper advances past the neutral zone before snapping the ball. [1] In high school games played under the NFHS ruleset, the term "offside" is not used; rather the foul is referred to as encroachment and causes the ball to remain dead. However, the penalty remains five yards, the same as other ...
In Canadian football, the neutral zone, formally known in that code as the scrimmage zone, [1] is a full one yard (3 feet or 36 inches) in front of the tip of the ball during a scrimmage down. The snapper (usually the center) is exempt, as he must place his hand on the ball (thus entering the neutral/scrimmage zone) to execute the snap.