10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 73
Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 169 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 35 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 105 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 173 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 91 Appointments (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 25 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 43 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 106 Authority for competitions to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 170
BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 173 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 88 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 79 Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 80 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 79 Basic principles 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Basic Spot (Spots) 54 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 142 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 141 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 142 Batting (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 47 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 90 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 45 Below Waist (Blocking) 44 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 46 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 91 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 48 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 127 Blocking (Blocking) 43 Blocking Zone (Blocking) 44 Block in the Back (Blocking) 44 Boundary Lines (Lines) 48
Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 52 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 45 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 92 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 92 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 105 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 170 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 162 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 68 Chop Block (Blocking) 44 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 129 Clipping 46 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 127 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 42 Code of conduct (Basic principles) 14 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 169 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 108 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 130 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 130 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 136 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 112 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 132 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 83 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 173 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 161 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 52
Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays) 155 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 78 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 145 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 53 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 43 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 97 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 56 Defensive Linemen on Place Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 103 Definition of coach (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 172 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 72 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 147 Dimensions (The Field) 29 Disqualified players (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 137 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 56 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 46 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 105
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 108 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 107 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 89 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 107 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 51 End Lines (Lines) 48 End Zones (Field Areas) 58 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 146 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 53 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 158 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 63 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 60
Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 46 Field Areas (The Field) 34 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Field of Play (Field Areas) 58 Fighting 142, 58 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 60 Fixed penalty offences (Penalties) 20 Flagrant Fouls (Personal Fouls) 125 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 88 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 92 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 115 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 51 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 47 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 57 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 82 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 47 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 84 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 89 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 84 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 84 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 84 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 83 Foul (Foul and Violation) 47 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 143 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 119 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 85 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 88 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 149 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 119 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 118 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 150 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 44 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 88 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 88 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 86 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 57 Fumble (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 47
Game Administration Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 136 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 57 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 167 Game regulations 18, 19 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 159 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 168 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 167 General principles (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 23 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 28 Goal Lines (Lines) 48 Goals (The Field) 32
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 151 Handing the Ball 49 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 104 Hash Marks (Lines) 49 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 80 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 129 Helmet Comes Off -- Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 71 Horse Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 131 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 144 How Scored (Field Goal) 120 How Scored (Safety) 121 How Scored (Touchdown) 115 How Scored (Try Down) 116 Huddle 49 Hurdling 49 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 130
Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 98 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 110 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 72 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 39 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 106 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 142 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 114 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 89 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 54 Incident reports (Game regulations) 18 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 109 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 113 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 123 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 143 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 68 In Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 44 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 164 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 165 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 95 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 137 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 146 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 47 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 98
Jersey Colour and Design (Players and Playing Equipment) 38 Jurisdiction 152 Jurisdiction (Basic principles) 15
Kick After Safety (Safety) 122 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 55 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 89 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 49 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Kicks (Reviewable Plays) 156
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 129 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 93 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 106 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 74 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 172 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 62 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 70 Leverage, Leaping and Landing (Personal Fouls) 130 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 166 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 173 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 173 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 157 Limit Lines (The Field) 30 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 55 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 33 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 82 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 78 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 146 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 144 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 43 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 159 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 43 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 93 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 46 Low-Blocking Zone (Blocking) 44
Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 40 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 37 Markers and Obstructions (The Field) 34 Marking Balls (The Ball) 36 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 30 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 162 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 162 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 163 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 163 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 157 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 76 Muff (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 47
Next Play (Field Goal) 120 Next Play (Try Down) 120 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 49 No Advance (Fair Catch) 97 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 99
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 55 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 102 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 101 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 165 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 144 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 51 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 117 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 39 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 81 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 105 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 93 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 92 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 54
Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 153 Passer (Team and Player Designations) 55 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 154 Passing (Passes) 51 Penalties 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Penalties for other breaches (Penalties) 21 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 84 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 83 Period between games (Status of BAFA games) 174 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 158 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 28 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy) 153 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 105 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 80 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 57 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 143 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 89 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 80 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 140 Player's Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 37 Player (Team and Player Designations) 55 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 56 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 58 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 174 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 58 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 53 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 171 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 148 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 54 Previous Spot (Spots) 53 Principles of natural justice (Basic principles) 16 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 169 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 169 Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings 23, 24, 25 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 164 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 164 Procedures for reviewing cases (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 25 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 160 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Pro tem suspension (Penalties) 23 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 170 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 49 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy) 153 Pylons (The Field) 33
Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 90 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 37 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 42 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 70 Registration and rosters (Game regulations) 18 Removing persons from the field (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 172 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 56 Responsibilities 152 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 123 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 86 Restraining Lines (Lines) 48 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 160 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 131 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 129 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 85 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 56 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 57
Scope and definitions (Basic principles) 13 Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays) 153 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 115 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 52 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 50 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 57 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 52 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 60 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 163 Series (Series and Possession Series) 53 Shift 52 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 100 Sidelines (Lines) 48 Side Zone (Field Areas) 58 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 46 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 144 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 122 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 56 Snapping the Ball 52 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 38 Specifications (The Ball) 35 Specific principles for appeals (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 24 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 53 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 54 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 54 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 56 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 66 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 100 Status of the BAFA Disciplinary Code (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 171 Stewards (Game Personnel) 167 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 125 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 56 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 74 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 53 Supervision (General Provisions) 28 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 67 Suspensions (Penalties) 22
Tackle Box 58 Targeting 59 Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 126 Targeting/Initiating Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 126 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 31 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 167 Team Captains (General Provisions) 28 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 55 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 29 Terms and Conditions 203 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 168 The Field (Field Areas) 58 The Game (General Provisions) 28 The Neutral Zone 51 Tiebreaker procedures (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 172 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 65 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 63 Timing devices (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 172 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 64 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 87 Touching (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 48 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 93
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 136 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 72 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 135 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 133 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 139 Use of Hands or Arms by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 137
Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 46 Violation (Foul and Violation) 47 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 70
Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 166 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 168 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 140 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 43 When Declared (Touchback) 122 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 82 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 160 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 137 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 28
Yard Lines (Lines) 49
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org