10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 85 10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 84
Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 182 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 44 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 116 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 184 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 102 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 52 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 116 Authority for competitions to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 182
BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 184 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 99 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 90 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 91 Basic Spot (Spots) 63 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 153 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 152 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 153 Batting (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 57 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 101 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 54 Below Waist (Blocking) 53 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 55 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 102 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 57 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 138 Blocking (Blocking) 52 Block in the Back (Blocking) 53 Boundary Lines (Lines) 58
Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 61 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 54 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 103 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 103 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 116 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 182 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 174 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 79 Chop Block (Blocking) 53 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 141 Clipping 55 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 137 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 181 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 119 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 141 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 142 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 147 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 123 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 143 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 94 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 184 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 173 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 61
Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays) 167 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 89 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 156 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 63 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 52 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 108 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 66 Defensive Linemen on Place Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 106 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 114 Definition of coach (Team and Player Designations) 66 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 82 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 158 Dimensions (The Field) 38 Disqualified players (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 148 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 65 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 55 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 116
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 119 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 118 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 100 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 118 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 60 End Lines (Lines) 57 End Zones (Field Areas) 68 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 157 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 63 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 171 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 74 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 70
Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 55 Field Areas (The Field) 43 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Field of Play (Field Areas) 68 Fighting 153, 68 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 70 Flagrant Fouls (Personal Fouls) 135 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 99 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 102 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 126 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 61 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 56 Forward Passer (Team and Player Designations) 65 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 67 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 93 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 56 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 95 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 99 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 95 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 95 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 95 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 94 Foul (Foul and Violation) 56 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 154 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 130 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 96 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 99 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 105 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 161 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 130 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 129 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 161 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 53 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 53 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 99 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 99 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 97 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 67 Fumble (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 56
Game Administration Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 148 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 67 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 179 Game Officials (General Provisions) 37 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 171 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 180 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 179 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 37 Goal Lines (Lines) 57 Goals (The Field) 41
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 163 Handing the Ball 58 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 115 Hash Marks (Lines) 58 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 91 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 140 Helmet Comes Off -- Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 81 Horse Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 142 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 155 How Scored (Field Goal) 130 How Scored (Safety) 131 How Scored (Touchdown) 126 How Scored (Try Down) 127 Huddle 58 Hurdling 58 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 142
Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 109 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 121 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 83 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 49 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 117 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 153 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 125 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 100 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 63 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 120 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 124 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 134 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 79 In Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 53 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 176 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 177 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 106 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 148 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 157 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 56 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 109
Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Jurisdiction 164
Kick After Safety (Safety) 133 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 64 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 100 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 Kicks (Reviewable Plays) 168
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 139 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 104 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 117 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 85 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 73 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 80 Leverage, Leaping and Landing (Personal Fouls) 141 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 178 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 184 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 185 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 170 Limit Lines (The Field) 39 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 64 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 42 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 93 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 89 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 156 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 155 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 52 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 171 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 92 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 52 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 104 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 55 Low-Blocking Zone (Blocking) 53
Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 43 Marking Balls (The Ball) 45 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 39 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 174 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 174 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 175 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 175 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 169 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 87 Muff (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 56
Next Play (Field Goal) 131 Next Play (Try Down) 130 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 58 No Advance (Fair Catch) 108 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 110
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 64 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 113 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 112 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 177 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 155 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 60 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 128 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 48 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 92 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 116 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 103 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 103 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 105 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 63
Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 165 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 166 Passing (Passes) 61 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 95 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 94 Period between games (Status of BAFA games) 185 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 170 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 37 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy) 165 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 115 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 91 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 67 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 154 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 66 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 100 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 91 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 151 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Player (Team and Player Designations) 65 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 65 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 68 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 185 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 68 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 62 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 183 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 160 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 64 Previous Spot (Spots) 63 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 181 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 181 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 176 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 176 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 172 Process (Half-time video review) 173 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 182 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 Purpose (Half-time video review) 173 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy) 165 Pylons (The Field) 42
Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 101 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 81 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 148 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 65 Responsibilities 164 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 134 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 97 Restraining Lines (Lines) 58 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 173 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 142 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 140 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 96 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 65 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 67
Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays) 165 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 126 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 61 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 59 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 67 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 61 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 70 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 175 Series (Series and Possession Series) 62 Shift 62 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 111 Sidelines (Lines) 57 Side Zone (Field Areas) 68 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 55 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 155 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 133 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 65 Snapping the Ball 62 Source and location (Half-time video review) 173 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Specifications (The Ball) 44 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 63 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 63 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 63 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 66 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 76 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 111 Status of the BAFA Regulations (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 183 Stewards (Game Personnel) 179 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 135 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 65 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 85 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 63 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 78
Tackle Box 68 Targeting 69 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 136 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 136 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 40 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 179 Team B personal foul during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 125 Team Captains (General Provisions) 37 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 64 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 38 Terms and Conditions 214 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 180 The Field (Field Areas) 68 The Game (General Provisions) 37 The Neutral Zone 60 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 75 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 73 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 75 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 98 Touching (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 57 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 103
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 147 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 83 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 146 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 144 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 151 Use of Hands or Arms by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 149
Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 56 Violation (Foul and Violation) 56 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 80
Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 178 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 180 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 152 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 52 When Declared (Touchback) 133 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 93 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 172 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 148 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 37
Yard Lines (Lines) 58
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org