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3 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.
1.
  College Football Officiating 101    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
College football has a few sutble and not-so-subtle differences in its rules than pro football. Put on your stripes and see if you can master the minefield of college football officiating!
Average, 10 Qns, cag1970, Sep 18 08
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  NCAA Football Rules    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Football is one of the most popular sports in America, and it is also one of the most complicated. This quiz will pick your brain about the finer details of the rules for college football. Good luck; you'll need it!
Difficult, 10 Qns, mm2006lu, Jun 04 07
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  High School vs. NFL Rules    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Most are familiar with the basic NFL rules, but there are differences if you go to your local High School for a game. This quiz will help differentiate between "Friday Night" and "Sunday". Note: These rules are from the NFHS rule book.
Difficult, 10 Qns, markb63, Oct 01 18
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NCAA Football Rules Trivia Questions
1. In the NFL, if the defense has 12 men on the field at the snap, it's a five-yard penalty for too many men on the field. What is the penalty and yardage in High School?

From Quiz High School vs. NFL Rules

Answer: Illegal Participation - 15 yards

Once the ball is snapped, the penalty becomes illegal participation and is a 15-yard penalty. This is why many high school officials try to call the penalty before the ball is snapped. Then it is just illegal substitution, and the penalty is only 5 yards.

2. How long is the halftime intermission?

From Quiz NCAA Football Rules

Answer: 20 minutes

Rule 3-2-1-b. According to Rule 3-2-1-c, the timing of the halftime intermission starts when all players and coaches have left the field, though the time may start immediately after the second period ends if agreed to by both teams or if dictated by conference policy.

3. In a high school game, on second and 10 from Team A's own 30, Team A's quarterback rolls out to pass. Before being chased out of bounds at his 25, he throws the ball into the stands. What is the down, distance and spot of the ball?

From Quiz High School vs. NFL Rules

Answer: 3rd and 20 at Team A's own 20

There is no such thing as 'throwing the ball away when out of the pocket' in High School. This play is intentional grounding which is a five-yard penalty from the spot of the foul and loss of down.

4. What is the penalty for a team that is not ready to play at the beginning of a half?

From Quiz NCAA Football Rules

Answer: 15 yards

Rule 3-4-1-a (penalty). If a team is not ready to play at the beginning of a half, the team receives a 15 yard delay of game penalty. If the game is delayed because halftime activities (band performances, etc.) have exceeded the allotted time for halftime and not because one of the teams is not ready to play, the home team receives a 10 yard delay of game penalty [Rule 3-4-1-b (penalty)].

5. NC State decides to go for a two-point conversion against Wake Forest. The NC State quarterback throws a pass that is intercepted and run back all the way to their end zone. How does the official rule?

From Quiz College Football Officiating 101

Answer: Two points for Wake Forest

In college football, the defensive team is awarded two points if it returns a fumble or interception on a two-point conversion attempt. It is, in effect, like scoring a safety. In pro football, the defensive team cannot score on a failed conversion attempt.

6. Assuming there are no penalties, which yard line does a kickoff start from in high school?

From Quiz High School vs. NFL Rules

Answer: The kicking team's 40-yard line

Once upon a time, kickoffs at all levels were from the 40. The NFL moved back to the 35 and then the 30. College moved back to the 35, and starting in 2007, colleg kicks from the 30 like the NFL.

7. What makes a receiver eligible to catch a pass in high school?

From Quiz High School vs. NFL Rules

Answer: Lines up on the end of the line at the line of scrimmage or in the backfield and is numbered 1-49 or 80-89

If a receiver is on the line of scrimmage, he must be on the end. If he is covered by another receiver (another player lines up outside of him on the line), he is ineligible to catch a pass even if he has the a proper numbered jersey.

8. What is the penalty for a team that has a player on the field who is wearing illegal equipment or is not wearing required equipment?

From Quiz NCAA Football Rules

Answer: charged a timeout, or 5 yards if no timeouts remain

Rule 3-3-6 (penalty). In addition, a player that plays with cleats more than 1/2-inch in length is disqualified for the remainder of the game and for the team's next game [Rule 9-2-2-d (penalty)].

9. What is the penalty for defensive pass interference in a high school game?

From Quiz High School vs. NFL Rules

Answer: 15 yards from the previous spot

In the NFL, a pass interference call is spotted at the spot of the foul and is an automatic first down. In high school, it is 15 yards.

10. "On fourth down and goal, player A1 fumbles the ball at Team B's 1 yard line. The ball rolls into the end zone, where it is downed by player A6. What should the ruling on the field be?

From Quiz NCAA Football Rules

Answer: Team B's ball at its 1 yard line

Rule 7-2-2-b (exception 2). On any other down, this would be a touchdown for Team A, and even in this situation it would have been a touchdown if player A1 would have recovered his own fumble in the end zone. However, according to the above cited rule, a fumble recovered on fourth down by a player of the fumbling team other than the fumbler himself is dead when recovered and is returned to the spot of the fumble.

11. How much time does a college football team have to put the ball in play?

From Quiz College Football Officiating 101

Answer: 40 seconds

In 2008, the NCAA changed it from 25 to 40 seconds.

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