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  2. American football rules - Wikipedia

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    The rules vary from the college level to the professional level. In the NFL, unless a player is tagged by an opposing player or gives himself up, he is not down. A player carrying the ball (the runner) is downed when any of the following occurs: Any part of the runner other than his hands or feet touches the ground. Ankles and wrists count as ...

  3. Encroachment (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    In the NFL, encroachment occurs when, before the snap, a defensive player illegally crosses the line of scrimmage and makes contact with an opponent or has a clear path to the quarterback. Play is immediately stopped, just as it is with a false start (this violation would be an offside penalty in the NCAA).

  4. Roughing the passer - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, roughing the passer is a foul in which a defensive player makes illegal contact with the quarterback after the latter has thrown a forward pass.The penalty is 10 or 15 yards (for the NFL it is 15 yards), depending on the league, an automatic first down for the offense, and a disqualification if flagrant. [1]

  5. NFL overtime rules: Here's how overtime works in the ... - AOL

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    The NFL playoff field begins with 14 teams and just 13 games to determine this year's champion at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans.Not all of them will be decided in regulation. Last year's Super Bowl ...

  6. Explaining NFL's new kickoff rules for 2024 season - AOL

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    The NFL is taking a page out of the United Football League's (UFL) book this year. Ahead of the 2024 season , the NFL decided to completely overhaul its rules for kickoffs and change to a format ...

  7. NFL overhauls kickoff rules. Here's how they'll look. - AOL

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    ORLANDO – By a 29-3 vote, NFL owners approved major changes to kickoff rules for the 2024 season, adopting a version of the play the XFL had used in recent years. Under the new rules, the kicker ...

  8. Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA ...

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    The NFL consists of thirty-two clubs divided into two conferences of sixteen teams each. Each conference is divided into four divisions of four clubs each. The NFL season format consists of a four-week preseason, a seventeen-week regular season, and a twelve-team single-elimination playoff culminating in the Super Bowl, the league's championship game.

  9. What NFL rules are new for the 2024 season? A big ... - AOL

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    The NFL amended its challenge rules to allow "a replay review when there is clear and obvious visual evidence that the game clock expired before any snap." That should come into play a few times ...