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Can the center fumble?
No. A fumble on the quarterback/center exchange is always charged to the QB, regardless of whose error it was.
If a running back fumbles the ball and the other team recovers are the yards gained prior to the fumble counted for the running backs stats?
Yes. The running back will get credit for the number of yards past the line of scrimmage the fumble occurred. If the line of scrimmage was at the defense's 20 yard line and the fumble occurred at the defense's 14 yard line, the running back would be credited with 6 yards rushing. If the line of scrimmage was at the defense's 14 yard line and the fumble occurred at the defense's 20 yard line, the running back would be credited with -6 yards rushing.
Who was the last non kicker or punter to wear a single bar facemask?
Joe Theismann, quarterback for the Washington Redskins, was the last non-kicker or punter to wear a single-bar facemask. His last game was on November 18, 1985.
What year did it become illegal to grab any players face mask?
The grabbing the facemask rule was added in 1962 in order to stop players from breaking their necks from the violent thrusting of a tackle. When someone tackles a player by their facemask, it could cause an unnatural twist in the neck.
In football is it legal to kick the ball out of a players hand?
Yes, that is a fumble.
