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In the 2023 season, the NFL adopted the same rules as college football in regard to awarding touchbacks on kickoffs that end in a fair catch. [3] In 2024, the NFL moved the placement of the ball after a touchback on a kickoff to the receiving team's 30-yard line; this was part of a radical change to the league's kickoff procedure. [4]
A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in gridiron football. Additionally, it may refer to a kickoff time , the scheduled time of the first kickoff of a game. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team – the "kicking team" – kicking the ball to the opposing team – the "receiving team".
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:
A fair catch of a punt in American football. A fair catch is a feature of American football and several other codes of football, in which a player attempting to catch a ball kicked by the opposing team – either on a kickoff or punt – is entitled to catch the ball without interference from any member of the kicking team. [1]
Through three weeks, 80.9% of kickoffs have resulted in touchbacks, the highest rate in at least three decades and very likely a league record. Why one of football’s most thrilling plays is ...
The 2024–25 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national ... The ensuing kickoff resulted in a touchback ...
Navy quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada puts the ball over the goal line for a two-point conversion at the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl. In gridiron football, a two-point conversion, two-point convert, or two-point attempt is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown.
TCU will face Georgia in the College Football Championship game on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. SoFi is the home to the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams.