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Since the 2019 high school season, Texas is the only state that does not base its football rules on the NFHS rule set, instead using NCAA rules with certain exceptions shown below. [2] [3] Through the 2018 season, Massachusetts also based its rules on those of the NCAA, [4] but it adopted NFHS rules in 2019. [5]
The provincial associations of Canada are affiliate members of the NFHS. The NFHS publishes rules books for each sport or activity, and most states adopt those rules wholly for state high school competition including the non member private school associations. The NFHS offered an online Coach Education Program in January 2007.
A successful two-point conversion would tie the game and likely force overtime. In very rare and risky instances, a trailing team who scored a touchdown, and as a result is down by 1 point, may attempt a two-point conversion to gamble on a win and avoid overtime (or, under NCAA or NFHS rules, a subsequent overtime period).
The NCAA is considering more historic changes to its amateurism rules. Member schools plan to seriously consider granting athletes in all sports, not just football, the ability to participate in ...
Massachusetts high school football can begin on Friday. We take a look at some new rules, coaches and QBs along with other looming questions. New rules and QBs: 8 questions heading into the start ...
The NCAA voted to eliminate a requirement for conferences to have divisions in order to hold a conference championship game.
A standard football game consists of four 15-minute quarters (12-minute quarters in high-school football and often shorter at lower levels, usually one minute per grade [e.g. 9-minute quarters for freshman games]), [6] with a 12-minute half-time intermission (30 minutes in the Super Bowl) after the second quarter in the NFL (college halftimes are 20 minutes; in high school the interval is 15 ...
The NFHS basketball rules committee addressed a flopping rule (faking being fouled) that was approved by the NFHS board of directors and will go into effect for the 2024-25 season.