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He batted and kicked the ball into the end zone, where he fell on it for the game-tying touchdown as time ran out. With the ensuing extra point by placekicker Errol Mann, the Raiders won 21–20. According to the NFL rulebook, "If a runner intentionally fumbles forward, it is a forward pass." [3] [4] Also during the play, the game officials ...
Instead of extending their lead to 34-24 with a touchdown, the Chiefs turned the ball over at a critical juncture of the game. The Bills took over at the 20-yard line because a fumble through the ...
Yep, that half-yard difference meant the fumble was actually in the end zone. And by rule, since the fumble went out of the end zone, the Vikings lost possession, and the Eagles got the ball at ...
The NFL’s end zone touchback rule has been the target of ridicule this afternoon after the Cleveland Browns were victimized by it. It does seem like a popular opinion that the NFL should change ...
If the opponent forced the ball into the end zone, it is a touchback. However, in the USFL [3] and XFL, [4] a ball fumbled by the offense within the field of play that goes out of bounds in the defensive team's end zone is not a touchback. Instead, the ball is spotted at the spot of the fumble, with the offense retaining possession unless the ...
Marshall recovered an NFL record 29 opponents' fumbles, including his 1964 "wrong-way run", a play in which he recovered a fumble and returned it 66 yards in the wrong direction into his own end zone, where he threw the ball out of bounds, resulting in a safety for the San Francisco 49ers. [1]
The trick play was the highlight of another 30-plus point effort from a Lions offense that leads the NFL in scoring. Goff had another stellar day while completing 23 of 32 passes for 336 yards ...
The 1961 NFL Championship Game was the 29th title game of ... in the end zone on a 4th down halfback option pass. ... with the Giants Joe Morrison fumbling and ...