EXTENDING A PERIOD

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EXTENDING A PERIOD
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Our Mission

• Go over the rules for extending a period
• Demonstrate our knowledge by answering the
  situations correctly

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Extending a Period

• When do we do it?
• What are the procedures?

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Extending a Period

• This is a very rare occurrence, but when it
  happens, we need to know what to do
• References 3-3-3 and 3-3-4
• We are not talking about time for a period
  expiring during a downwe know that we continue
  to play until the down ends, even if the horn
  sounds. (3-3-2)

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ReferenceRule 3-3-3

• A period must be extended by an untimed down if
  during the last timed down of the period, one of
  the following occurs
• a. There was a foul by either team and the
  penalty is accepted, except for unsportsmanlike
  fouls, non-player fouls and fouls that specify a
  loss of down.
• b. There was a double foul.
• c. There was an inadvertent whistle.

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ReferenceRule 3-3-3

• A period must be extended by an untimed down if
  during the last timed down of the period, one of
  the following occurs
• d. If a touchdown was scored, the try is
  attempted unless the touchdown is scored during
  the last down of the fourth period and the
  point(s) would not affect the outcome of the game
  or playoff qualifying.
• If (a), (b), (c) or (d) occurs during the untimed
  down, the procedure is repeated.

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ReferenceRule 3-3-4

• A period shall not be extended by an untimed down
  if during the last timed down of the period, one
  of the following occurs
• a. When the defense fouls during a successful
  try/field goal and the offended team accepts the
  results of the play with enforcement from the
  succeeding spot.
• b. There is a foul that specifies loss of down
  and the penalty is accepted. The score is
  cancelled in the event of an accepted foul that
  specifies a loss of down.

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During the last timed down

• 2-7-1 A down is action which starts with a legal
  snap (beginning a scrimmage down) or when the
  ball is kicked on a free kick (beginning a
  free-kick down). A down ends when the ball next
  becomes dead.
• 2-1-1 A dead ball is a ball not in play. The
  ball is dead during the interval between downs.

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During the last timed down

• So, the last timed down starts with a legal snap
  or free kick and ends when the ball is dead. If
  any of the provisions for extending happen during
  the last timed down, the period is extended. For
  instance, if there was a penalty for a defensive
  pass interference foul that was accepted with 24
  seconds left, and the clock was started, you know
  that we will extend the period if A does not get
  the snap off.

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Key points

• Dead ball fouls, either prior to or after the
  last timed down of a period, never extend the
  period.
• Unsportsmanlike and non-player fouls also do not
  extend the period.
• Loss of down fouls do not extend (5, all by the
  offense).
• We have a try during the same period unless it is
  the end of the game and the try could not affect
  the outcome.

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Situation 1 (SG 7.33 Modified)

• A 2/5 _at_ A-20. On the last timed down of the 1st
  or 3rd quarter, A1 gains 10 yards on a running
  play, but A2 clips _at_ A-25.
• Ruling B will likely accept the penalty, giving
  A 2/12 ½ _at_ A 12 ½. The quarter will be extended
  by an untimed down.

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Situation 2 (SG 7.34)

• At the snap on a down in which the period
  expires, B1 is guilty of a substitution
  infraction and A2 is illegally in motion.
• Ruling A double foul the penalties offset.
  Extend the period.

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Situation 3 (SG 7.35)

• A 3/G _at_ B-2 with 5 seconds left in the 4th period
  and A trails by 5 points. A1 runs to Bs 1 foot
  line and is tackled there. After A1 is down , B2
  piles on.
• Ruling The game is over an B wins. The penalty
  for B2s foul cannot extend the period because it
  was a dead ball foul.

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Situation 4 (SG 7.III.10)

• On the last down of the 2nd period, A1 loses 5
  yards. B2 commits a personal foul (a) during
  the down or (b) after the ball is dead.
• Ruling In (a), if A accepts the penalty the
  period is extended for one untimed down. (b) The
  half ended before the foul. The penalty will be
  enforced on the 2nd half kickoff.

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Situation 5 (SG 7.III.12)

• Punt receiver R1 is hit by K2 as he is about to
  catch the punt. Time expires during the kick.
• Ruling The period is extended if R accepts the
  penalty. Their choices a 15 yard penalty from
  the previous spot with K retaining the ball or an
  awarded fair catch at the spot of the foul with
  the option to free kick (also with the option to
  place ball anywhere on the yard line).

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Situation 6 (SG 7.III.13)

• The period is extended for an untimed down and
  after the ready for play, A1 false starts.
• Ruling The penalty for the dead ball foul is
  enforced and A is still entitled to the untimed
  down.

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Situation 7 (SG 7.III.14)

• A1 scores a touchdown as time expires in the
  first period. The period is extended for the
  try. B2 fouls during the successful kick try.
• Ruling The period is not extended for the
  kickoff (foul did not occur during the last timed
  down). Team A may accept the penalty and replay
  the try or have the penalty enforced on the
  kickoff to start the second period.

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Situation 8 (10.2.2D)

• A leads 21-20 with three seconds remaining in the
  fourth quarter. It is A's ball fourth and 1 yard
  to go on A's 45-yard line. A1 muffs the snap, and
  A2 holds while the ball is loose. B1 recovers and
  advances to A's 1-yard line where he is downed.
  During B1's advance, B2 clips at A's 10-yard line
  and time expires during the down. In an effort to
  prevent a double foul, Team B declines A2's foul.
  The captain of A then wishes to decline B2's
  foul.
• RULING Once B declined A2's foul there are no
  more choices. The penalty for B2's foul must be
  enforced because both cannot be declined. After
  enforcement for B2's clip, it is B's ball at A's
  25-yard line for an untimed down. (3-3-3a)

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Situation 9 (10.5.4B)

• During the last timed down of the first half, A1
  retreats into his own end zone to attempt a pass,
  but he is downed there. During the down there is
  holding in the end zone by (a) A2, or (b) by B1.
  
• RULING In (a), it is a safety and B would score
  2 points whether the penalty is accepted or
  declined since the run ended in the end zone and
  the foul was in the end zone. If B accepts the
  penalty, the period is extended with an untimed
  down and A must free kick to B. In (b), if the
  penalty is accepted it will be enforced from the
  goal line and the period is extended. (10-5-3)

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Situation 10 (3.3.3F) Modified

• With the score A-14, B-23, A scores a touchdown
  (a) as time expires in the fourth period or (b)
  as time expires in the third period.
• RULING In (a), the try will not be permitted
  the game is over and the final score is A-20,
  B-23. In (b), the try is attempted as part of the
  third period.

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Situation 11 (3.3.3B)

• Near the end of the third period, it is third and
  4 for A from B's 48-yard line. A1 advances to B's
  45 and during the run there is holding by B1. The
  penalty is accepted. At the end of the down there
  are three seconds remaining in the period.
  Because the penalty was the only reason for the
  clock to be stopped, it is started with the
  ready-for-play signal and the period ends before
  A snaps the ball.
• RULING A is entitled to an untimed down because
  it accepted the penalty for a foul which occurred
  during the last timed down of the period.
  Therefore, the period must be extended with an
  untimed down in this situation even though time
  remained and A had a chance to snap the ball
  before it expired. (3-3-3a).

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Situation 12 (3.3.3D)

• With the ball at B's 1-yard line and 12 seconds
  remaining in the game, A1 advances to the ½-yard
  line. After the ball is dead, B1 fouls. The clock
  is stopped with five seconds remaining in the
  game. The clock is restarted when the ball is
  marked ready for play. Before A can snap the
  ball, time expires.
• RULING The game is ended. There is no extension
  of the period for an untimed down, unless there
  is acceptance of the penalty for a foul which
  occurred during the last timed down of the
  period. B1's foul did not occur during the down.
  However, if the referee judges B1 committed the
  foul to consume time, he shall delay starting the
  clock until the snap.

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Situation 12 (3.3.3D) Comment

• COMMENT Because it is possible B may purposely
  foul in a situation such as this near the end of
  the game, there are other provisions in the rules
  which will permit the referee to delay starting
  the clock in order for A to run a play. When
  either team attempts to conserve or consume time
  illegally, the referee shall invoke Rule 3-4-6
  and start or delay the start of the clock as
  authorized. (3-4-6)

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Situation 12 (3.3.4B)

• The clock is running with 10 seconds remaining in
  the fourth period as A1 drops back about 4 yards
  and intentionally grounds a forward pass to stop
  the clock. The penalty is accepted. The referee
  starts the clock on the ready following penalty
  enforcement and time expires before A can snap
  the ball.
• RULING If B accepted the foul, the game is over
  and there is no untimed down as A had an accepted
  foul on the last timed down that called for loss
  of down.

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Our Mission

• Go over the rules for extending a period
• Demonstrate our knowledge by answering the
  situations correctly