Misc

• Offsides
• Crawling; Helping the runner
• Illegal motion of offensive player at snap
• Illegal forward pass, Intentional grounding
• Unsportsmanlike conduct
• Forward pass interference, Kick catch interference
• Holding or illegal use of hands or arms
• Personal foul
• Running into or roughing the kicker
• Running into passer(preceded by personal foul signal)
• Tripping(preceded by personal foul signal)
• Clipping
• Unsportsmanlike conduct(noncontact)
• Holding
• Intentional grounding of a forward pass
• Forward pass interference; Kick catch interference
• Illegally touching, batting, or kicking of ball

• Delay of game
• Illegal formation
• Touchdown; Field goal is good
• Safety
• Loss of the down
• Incomplete pass; Penalty declined; No score
• First down
• Dead ball
• No time out
• Time out
• Touchback(preceded by time-out signal)
• Ineligible receiver downfield on forward pass
• Illegal shift(i.e. illegal movement of two or more offensive players)
• Substation foul
• Ball is ready for play
• Player disqualified
• Grabbing the face mask
• Crack back block below waist(not a clip)
• Player touching a forward pass or kick

• The offense makes a forward pass behind the line of scrimmage
• Passers catch second forward pass
• A forward pass touches a second eligible offensive player or an ineligible offensive player behind the line of scrimmage
• A pass touches the ground, crossbar, goal post, or goes out of bounds
• A second eligible pass receiver catches the pass

Loss of Five Yards occurs when:

• A team calls more time outs than allowed
• The game is delayed, i.e. the game clock reaches zero and no play has occurred
• A player crawls
• There is a use of illegal equipment
• Illegal substitution
• Offsides
• The snapper is touched by the defense
• There is an illegal motion
• There is a repeated entering into the neutral zone
• A player goes offsides
• There are more than eleven players on the field from a team
• The ball is kicked in a non-kicking situation(during a kickoff, punt, or field goal)
• A free kick is too short
• A false start has occurred
• Free kick goes out of bounds
• Before snapping has occurred, contact is made between the offense and defense
• Forward pass made beyond the line of scrimmage
• Less than seven players at the line of scrimmage
• A player either not within one foot or one yard from the ball
• The players lock legs at the line(illegal)
• A player enters the neutral zone repeatedly

Loss of Fifteen Yards occurs when:

• There is a delay of game before the start of each half
• There is a passing interference
• A "fair-catch interference" has occurred
• Players are interlocked which is an interference
• Batting or punching the ball occurs at an illegal time
• Kicking the ball except during a legal kick
• A runner grabs hold onto a teammate
• A player hits his opponent(punching, kicking, etc.)
• The kicker is being harassed unnecessarily(called "roughing the kicker")
• Players start piling on top of one another
• Tripping occurs
• Clipping occurs
• Charging a player even when he is out of play
• Any player treating others with unnecessary roughness
• A player employs abusive language
• The pass is "roughed"(see above)
• The ball is hidden
• A player abuses the officials(i.e. the referees)
• The substitution rule is violated so that a team can save time
• The 30-second rule is violated more than twice for the same down
• Players use unsportsmanlike conduct
• A player tries to communicate with someone off the field besides the coach
• There are nonplayers on the field
• There are nonplayers moving along the sideline

Loss of Half the Distance to the Goal Line occurs when:

• A passer interference occurs by the defense in the endzone with the ball originally beginning the down within one yards of the endzone
• The distance to be assessed by a penalty is greater than the distance to either goal line

Loss of the Ball occurs when:

• There is an interference with a fair catch--also a 15-yard penalty
• The offense fails to cover enough yards to make first down
• The kicking team first touches the ball except in a kickoff

Automatic First Down occurs when:

• A defensive foul occurs from the scrimmage except when a) there is an excess of time out; b) a delay of game occurs; c) an illegal substitution occurs; d) there are illegal equipment employed; e) offsides; f) a false start occurs; g) the defense touches the center/snapper
• There is a defensive pass interference

• The ball is illegally handled when it is advanced
• The ball was intentionally thrown backwards out of bounds(also loss of five yards)
• A forward pass was intentionally "grounded"(i.e. the ball was thrown to a place where no one can catch it)--also a 5-yard loss
• Forward pass touched by an originally eligible receiver who became ineligible by stepping out of bounds
• Offensive pass interference(plus a 15-yard loss)
• Forward pass touched by ineligible player behind the neutral zone(plus loss of 5-yards)
• Forward pass touched by ineligible player in front of the neutral zone(plus loss of 15-yards)

Loss of Five Yards occurs when:

• Substitution rules are violated
• Players are not numbered correctly
• A player crawls
• A dead ball is being advanced
• The 25-second count is exceeded
• The game is illegally delayed by any side
• Unfair tactics such as using up time illegally
• A team illegally requests/uses time outs
• The free kick formation is violated
• An illegal kick occurs
• A free kick was never touched by an inbounds receiver and goes out of bounds
• The ball is put into play before it is declared ready for play by officials
• The snapper makes more than one adjustment to the ball
• Every member of the offensive side is not within 15-yards from the ball after the ball is declared ready for play
• A false start occurs
• There is an interference with opponents or the ball
• A player is offsides
• The line of scrimmage formation is violated
• An offensive player is out of bounds at he time of the snap
• There is a failure to pause for at least one second by a team after a shift occurs
• The ball is handled illegally as it is advanced(plus loss of down if this infraction was committed by the offense)
• The ball is thrown backwards out of bounds(plus loss of down if committed by the offense)
• The ball is illegally passed forward(plus loss of down if committed by the offense)
• There is an interlocking interference
• An ineligible receiver touches a passed ball behind the neutral zone(plus loss of down)
• The ball is intentionally grounded(plus loss of down)

Loss of Fifteen Yards occurs when:

• There is an ineligible receiver down the field
• There is an interference with the opportunity to catch a kick
• The ball is illegally batted in a forward pass
• There is an offensive pass interference(plus loss of down)
• There is illegal equipment used
• Players communicating with the coach during an illegal time
• There is an invalid signal for a fair catch
• A team is not ready to play at the start of either half
• A fair catcher is blocked or tackled
• Helmets butt
• The kicker or holder is roughed
• Tripping occurs
• Blocking occurs below the waist
• Kneeing someone/striking with an open hand
• Hurdling occurs
• Piling occurs
• A player grabs the facemask of his opponent
• A substitution interference occurs
• There is a use of abusive/insulting language
• There are persons illegally on the field
• A player not returning the ball to the official after the end of a play
• The defensive makes insulting gestures
• The ball is illegally kicked by any side
• A foul occurs before a free kick or a scrimmage kick is touched
• The ball is returned by a disqualified player
• The ball is hidden
• There are other people besides the players on the field
• Illegal use of arms and hands by either sides
• Unsportsmanlike conduct

Loss of Half the Distance to the Goal Line occurs when:

• The distance to be assessed by a penalty is greater than the distance to either goal line
• A foul is committed by the defense behind its own goal line when the enforcement spot is inside the one-yard line

Offended Team's Ball at the Place Where the Foul Took Place occurs when:

• Defensive pass interference
• A free ball is illegally batted or kicked
• The hand or arm illegally touches a free ball

Violation occurs when:

• A scrimmage kick is illegally touched by the kicking team
• The kicking team illegally touches a free kick