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What happens when a muffed punt goes into the endzone?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 9/27/2023

The receiving team can run it out or down it in the end zone for a touchback; if nobody on the receiving team touches the ball, that's also a touchback and the receiving team gets the ball first and ten on their own 20 yard line.

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If the ball is punted and lands in the endzone then tipped back by the kicking team, it is ruled a touchback.

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∙ 16y ago

it's a safety

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∙ 14y ago

it is a touchback

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Can kicking team advance a muffed punt?

Yes they can, although that is almost impossible.

Is it a touchdown if the defensive team blocks a punt and recovers it in the endzone?

Yes it would be a touchdown. If the kicking team recovers it and is downed in the endzone or the ball goes out of bounds in the endzone the defensive team will get a safety and receive the ball via free kick.

What are some football words that start with m?

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Who recovered a muffed punt for the cowboys in the 1992 NFC championship game against the san fransisco 49ers?

Darryl Johnston

Can punt receiver cover fumble after signaling for fair catch?

Yes the punt receiver can recover a muffed kick (fumbled kick) after signalling for a fair catch. He just can not run with the ball once it is picked up.

What happens when a punt goes past the field goal post?

The team receiving starts out at 20 yard line

Definition of a football safety?

A safety occurs when a team which had possesion of the football outside its endzone during a play is tacked in its own endzone. If a punt or kickoff is touched outside the endzone, rolls into the endzone and then downed by the receiving team in the endzone there is no safety, because the ball was not posessed outside the endzone. The rule is often misunderstood - in an NFL regular season game in the '90s, the Giants were awarded a safety when the ball was touched outside the endzone by the receiving team and then downed by the receiving team after the ball rolled into the endzone. The next day the NFL announced that there was no safety. The college rule is the same - possession outside the endzone, and not a mere touching is, is necessary in order for there to be a safety

If the punt returner touches the ball and it goes out of the back of the end zone without being possessed what happens?

Its ends up as a touchback and is given to the receiving team (of the punt) to start at the 20-yard line.

What football related words start with the letter m?

· middle linebacker · motion · muffed punt · Miami Dolphins (NFL) · Minnesota Vikings (NFL) · Montreal Alouettes (Canadian Football League)

If a punt is kicked out of bounds is it a penalty?

No. The kicking team is penalized if a kickoff goes out of bounds, but on a punt, the ball is put in play for the receiving team at the point where it goes out of bounds.

What happen first in super bowl 46 new England score or punt?

Neither, their first drive result in a safety after Brady grounded the ball in the Endzone because of pressure from Tuck.

On a punt if the ball goes out of bound posocession if touched by opposi?

No

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