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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.
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]
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:
1970 NCAA Official Football Rule Interpretations. The Try (pages 59--60) (2) "Safety on the Try" "A Safety on the Try has always been possible and can be scored if there is a foul by B in his end zone during a free ball. The ball becomes dead when it is evident that the kick cannot score a goal (4-1-3-d). ..." "Examples of fouls during a Try: ...
The first two kickoffs under the NFL’s radical new rule were both returned a yard farther than the old touchback. Houston's Steven Sims fielded Cairo Santos' kickoff at the 5 and ran 21 yards ...
Similarly to association football, the game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will kick off to begin the game and which goal each team will defend. [2] The options are presented again to start the second half; the choices for the first half do not automatically determine the start of the second half (i.e. it is possible for the same team to kick off both halves). [3]
It doesn’t make sense that there is such a harsh punishment for a fumble that goes out of bounds in the end zone. The difference of half a yard made for a game-changing play.