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According to referee Ed Hochuli who is quoted in the article that you can read at the 'Touchdown or No Touchdown' link below, a player who crosses out of bounds is awarded a touchdown if a part of his body touches in the end zone, or the pylon, after the ball crosses the 'imaginary' goal line outside the pylons. I interpret the question to ask if a player lands completely out of bounds but the ball crosses the 'imaginary' goal line outside the pylon, is it a touchdown? The way I understand what I read, the answer is no since no part of the player touched inbounds. Click on the 'Touchdown or No Touchdown' link to read the article and weigh in with your opinions. If I'm understanding your question right, you're asking about the hypothetical goal line that "travels around the world" indefinitely out of bounds. The NFL just changed this rule for the 2008 season, so that the extended goal line no longer exists. The player must now break the plane of the goal line within the field of play, or press the ball against the corner pylon, for the touchdown to count.

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no but they cant directly get the ball for example if a wide receiver goes out they can only catch the ball if some1 tips it first im not sure about hbs/fbs though prob the same idea though *If a player exits the field during a play, they are not allowed to participate further in that play, unless they were forced out by an opponent.

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No, and this is, as good an explanation as I can give to that question. If a receiver catches the ball in the front corner of the endzone closest to the field, with both of his feet in bounds but the ball is out of bounds and never went through the endzone as far as the pylon is concerned, it is still a touchdown due to his feet being inside the endzone.

Yes. This came up in one of the Steelers' games last year. The receiver's feet were inside the end zone when he caught the ball, but his arms were extended out into the field of play to make the catch. There was some controversy about whether he ever pulled the ball across the plane of the goal line. If he hadn't, the touchdown wouldn't have counted.

It doesn't matter where the player's body is. It only matters where the ball is. The ball has to break the plane of the goal line, regardless of where the player is standing on the field.

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The goal line represents a plain that extends above the line to infinity. Imagine a pane of glass sitting vertically on the inside edge of the goal line toward the field of play, Touch the ball to the glass touchdown and the ball becomes dead immediately. You can not fumble in the opponents endzone because you already scored a touchdown when the ball touched the imaginary plane of the goalline. The ball position is what matters not your feet.

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The rules say that no matter where the player is, the ball MUST cross the plane of the end zone. NOTE: It was a touchdown today because the ball did cross the plane.

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The football need only "break the plane of the goal line". If any part of the ball crosses the goalline, it's a touchdown. The entire ball does not have to cross.

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Nope. The ball has to cross the goal line while in the players possesion.

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NO

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last night in the Seattle Minnesota game a minnesota DB ran out of bounds, came back in and intercepted a pass

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That was not my question.

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