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In American football, a touchback is a ruling that is made and signaled by an official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in their end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to travel over the goal line, but did not have possession of the ball when it became dead. [1]
In gridiron football, the safety (American football) or safety touch (Canadian football) is a scoring play that results in two points being awarded to the scoring team. Safeties can be scored in a number of ways, such as when a ball carrier is tackled in his own end zone or when a foul is committed by the offense in its own end zone.
Raiders safety Marquez Pope eventually recovered the ball at the Oakland 2-yard line, but with the wet field, his momentum caused him to slide into the Oakland end zone before being touched. This play was also ruled a safety, and with the score now 24–21, the Seahawks then rallied for a late touchdown and a 27-24 victory.
Why was Will Howard's fumble ruled a touchback? Here's an explanation of the play in Ohio State's game against Penn State on Saturday:
Since the 2012 college football season, all touchbacks on kickoffs, or free kicks after a safety, have been spotted on the 25-yard line instead of the previous 20-yard spot (which remains the spot for touchbacks in all other game situations). The NFL made this same change effective with its 2018 season.
A kick made to put the ball in play as a kickoff or following a safety (the score; "safety touch" in Canadian football) or fair catch. free play When the defense commits a foul at the time of the snap (usually an offside foul), the offense can play out the rest of the play and either take the five-yard penalty and replay the down or the result ...
The NFL doesn't anticipate moving the touchback spot to the 35 — the original spot proposed by the competition committee — from the 30 that owners approved on a one-year trial basis in March.
Up 12-7 with less than two minutes left in regulation, Vikings safety Camryn Bynum made a game-sealing interception and treated football fans to a rendition of one of the biggest memes from the ...