25-Second Clock (Timing Devices) 52 25-Second Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 71 30-second clock (5 on 5 flag football) 166 30-second clock (5 on 5 football) 162 Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 156 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 26 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 96 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Approved Ruling and Officials' Signals 37 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 97 Authority for leagues to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 157 Backward passes and hand offs (5 on 5 football) 163 Backwards passes and hand offs (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 69 Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 71 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 70 Basic Spot (Spots) 49 Batting a Backward Pass (Batting and Kicking) 132 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 131 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 132 Batting (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 41 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 81 Belongs To (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 38 Below Waist (Blocking) 39 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 42 Blocking Below the Waist (replacement for rule 9-1-2-e) (Youth Football) 160 Blocking (Blocking) 39 Block in the Back (Blocking) 40 Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 46 Catch, Interception, Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 38 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 96 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 157 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 150 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts) 62 Chop Block (Blocking) 39 Clipping 40 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 33 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 35 Completed Pass (Forward Pass) 100 Contacting an Official (Noncontact Fouls) 127 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 104 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 74 Contrasting Colours (Players and Playing Equipment) 29 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 149 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 46 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 69 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 136 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 48 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 37 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 86 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 94 Definition (Definition) 146 Definition of coach (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 159 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays) 65 Delay of game (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Delay of game (5 on 5 football) 163 Deliberate Dead-Ball Advance 40 Dimensions (The Field) 20 Disciplinary Action (Disciplinary Code) 12 Disciplinary Principles (Disciplinary Code) 12 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 51 Down and Between Downs 40 Downs (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Downs (5 on 5 football) 163 Drop Kick (Kicks) 43 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 96 Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 99 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 99 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 football) 163 Eligibility to Touch Legal Pass (Forward Pass) 99 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 45 End Zones (Field Areas) 53 Enforcement spots (5 on 5 flag football) 168 Enforcement spots (5 on 5 football) 164 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 47 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 147 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 58 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 54 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 40 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks) 44 Field of Play (Field Areas) 53 Field Surface (The Field) 25 Fighting 133, 53 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 54 Flagrant Fouls (Personal and Interference Fouls) 117 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 80 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 107 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 45 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 41 Forward passes (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Forward passes (5 on 5 football) 163 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 52 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 73 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 41 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Foul and Violation 41 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 76 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 76 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 111 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 76 Fouls During a Loose Ball (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 77 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 110 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 109 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 40 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 80 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 80 Free Kick Formation (exception to Rule 6-1-2-c) (Youth Football) 160 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 78 Free Kick (Kicks) 44 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 52 Free Kick Recovery (Free Kicks) 79 Fumble (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 41 Game Administration Interference (Personal and Interference Fouls) 124 Game clock (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Game clock (5 on 5 football) 162 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 52 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 148 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 155 General principle (5 on 5 flag football) 165 General principle (5 on 5 football) 161 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 General Principle (Youth Football) 160 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 19 Goal Lines (Lines) 42 Goals (5 on 5 flag football) 165 Goals (5 on 5 football) 161 Goals (exception to Rule 1-2-5-f) (Youth Football) 160 Goals (The Field) 23 Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 144 Handing the Ball 43 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 95 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 71 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 134 How Charged (Timeouts) 60 How Scored (Field Goal) 111 How Scored (Safety) 112 How Scored (Touchdown) 107 How Scored (Try Down) 108 Huddle 43 Hurdling 43 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 88 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 101 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays) 65 Illegal equipment (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Illegal Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 31 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 97 Illegal Interference (Personal and Interference Fouls) 123 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 132 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 105 Inbounds Lines (Hash Marks) (Lines) 42 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 48 Incident Reports (Disciplinary Code) 11 Incompleted Pass (Forward Pass) 100 Ineligibles Downfield (Forward Pass) 105 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 115 Injury Timeout (Timeouts) 63 In Possession (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 38 Instructions to Stadium 25-second Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 152 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 152 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 85 Interfering for or Helping the Runner (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 127 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 137 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 41 Invalid Signals (Fair Catch) 87 Kick After Safety (Safety) 114 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 50 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 80 Kickoff (Kicks) 44 Kicks (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Kicks (5 on 5 football) 162 League Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 156 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks) 43 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 97 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 66 Length of Periods (amendment to rule 3-2-1) (Youth Football) 160 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 159 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 57 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts) 64 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 153 Limit Lines (The Field) 21 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 50 Line to gain (5 on 5 flag football) 165 Line to gain (5 on 5 football) 161 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 24 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 73 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 69 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 137 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 134 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 37 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 147 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 37 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 85 Loss of a Down 45 Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 33 Mandatory equipment (5 on 5 flag football) 165 Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 30 Markers and Obstructions (The Field) 25 Marking Balls (The Ball) 27 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 21 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 36 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 35 Minimum Standards for 25-second Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 151 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 150 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 147 Muff (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 41 Next Play (Field Goal) 111 Next Play (Try Down) 111 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 43 No Advance (Fair Catch) 87 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 88 Not Outside an Inbounds Line (The Scrimmage) 90 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 football) 163 Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 50 Offensive Team Requirements (exception to Rule 7-1-3-b-1) (Youth Football) 160 Offensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 90 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 152 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 134 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 45 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 108 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 72 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 97 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Out of Bounds Lines (Lines) 42 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 85 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 48 Overtime (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Overtime (5 on 5 football) 162 Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 146 Passer (Team and Player Designations) 51 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 146 Passing (Passes) 45 Penalties (5 on 5 flag football) 168 Penalties (5 on 5 football) 164 Penalty 46 Penalty administration (5 on 5 flag football) 168 Penalty administration (5 on 5 football) 164 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Penalty Resulting in First Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Personal fouls (5 on 5 flag football) 168 Personal fouls (5 on 5 football) 164 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 147 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 20 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (addition to Rule 9-1-2) (Youth Football) 161 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (Personal and Interference Fouls) 117 Place Kick (Kicks) 44 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 95 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 71 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 131 Players and playing equipment (5 on 5 flag football) 165 Players and playing equipment (5 on 5 football) 162 Player's Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 28 Player (Team and Player Designations) 51 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 51 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 53 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 53 Playing time (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Playing time (5 on 5 football) 162 Plays Not Reviewable (Reviewable Plays) 147 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 157 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 49 Previous Spot (Spots) 47 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 155 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 156 Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 139 Procedures for Operating 25-second Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 152 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 151 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 148 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 34 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 34 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 156 Punt (Kicks) 43 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 football) 163 Pylons (The Field) 24 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 81 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 28 Referee's Discretionary Timeout (Timeouts) 61 Referee's Notification (Timeouts) 64 Removing persons from the field (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 159 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 51 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 115 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 78 Restraining Lines (Lines) 42 Restrictions on players (5 on 5 flag football) 168 Return Kick (Kicks) 44 Rosters (Disciplinary Code) 11 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal and Interference Fouls) 122 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 77 Runner (Team and Player Designations) 51 Running Play (Play Classification) 52 Running the football (5 on 5 football) 163 Scope and Registration (Disciplinary Code) 11 Scoring (5 on 5 flag football) 167 Scoring (5 on 5 football) 163 Scoring Plays (amendment to rule 8-1-1) (Youth Football) 160 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 107 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks) 44 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks) 44 Scrimmage Kick Play and Field Goal Play (Play Classification) 52 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 46 Scrimmage (Scrimmage) 46 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 54 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 150 Shift 47 Shifts and False Starts (The Scrimmage) 93 Side Line, Goal Line, End Line (Reviewable Plays) 146 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 39 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 134 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 114 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 51 Snapping the Ball 47 Spearing 47 Specifications (The Ball) 26 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 flag football) 168 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 football) 164 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 48 Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 139 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 48 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 48 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 51 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 90 Start of each half (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Start of each half (5 on 5 football) 162 Status of the BAFA Disciplinary Code (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 158 Stewards (Game Personnel) 154 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 51 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 66 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 48 Supervision (5 on 5 flag football) 165 Supervision (5 on 5 football) 161 Supervision (General Provisions) 19 Tackling 50 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 22 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 Team Captains (General Provisions) 19 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 50 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 20 Terms and Conditions 180 The ball (5 on 5 flag football) 165 The ball (5 on 5 football) 161 The field (5 on 5 flag football) 165 The field (5 on 5 football) 161 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 155 The Field (Field Areas) 53 The game (5 on 5 flag football) 165 The game (5 on 5 football) 161 The Game (General Provisions) 19 The Neutral Zone 45 Tiebreaker procedures (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 159 Timeouts (5 on 5 flag football) 166 Timeouts (5 on 5 football) 162 Timeout (Timeouts) 60 Time Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 149 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 57 Timing devices (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 159 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 59 Touching (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 42 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Free Kicks) 80 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Tripping 52 Tripping (exception to Rules 2-28-1 and 9-1-2-c) (Youth Football) 161 Unfair Acts (Noncontact Fouls) 127 Unfair Game Clock Tactics (Delays) 66 Unfair Tactics (Noncontact Fouls) 126 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Noncontact Fouls) 124 Use of Hand or Arm by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 128 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 130 Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 41 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts) 64 Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 153 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 155 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 131 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 37 When Clock Starts (Playing Time and Intermissions) 59 When Clock Stops (Playing Time and Intermissions) 60 When Declared (Touchback) 114 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 73 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 148 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 127 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 19 Yard Lines (Lines) 42
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org