2024 Quiz 6

This week’s quiz is prepared by Greg Bartemes in association with Beau Rugg and Dr. Bruce Maurer. Click here to view a PDF of the quiz along with the answers.

NFHS Rules

  1. A, 4th/4 at B’s 39 YL. A/K breaks the huddle and lines up as follows - #22 is the snapper and on the end of the line, to their right and in this order #32, #42, #50, #44, #34 with #81 split wide to the right and on the LOS. #12 is 10-yds deep as a punter with #15, #28 and #60 3-yds deep in the backfield and to the left of #22. After the snap: a) #22 goes downfield 5 yds and catches a pass for a 1st down b) #34 goes downfield 5 yds and catches a pass for a 1st down

  2. A, 2nd/12 at B’s 19 YL with 2 seconds left on the game clock. A/K breaks the huddle and lines up as follows - #22 is the snapper and on the end of the line, to their right and in order #32, #42, #50, #44, #34 with #81 split wide to the right and on the LOS. #15 is 7-yds deep with a knee on the ground as a holder and #12 3-yds deeper as a kicker, #28 and #60 in the backfield behind #32 and #34 respectfully. After the snap Team A attempts a game winning field goal.

  3. A, 4th/8 at A’s 14 YL, A snaps for a scrimmage kick and is flagged for illegal formation (ILF) (5 in the backfield), the kick is blocked and R recovers the ball on A’s 7 YL. The crew enforced the illegal formation at the recovery spot making it 1st/goal from K’s 3½-YL.

  4. While pass blocking A76’s helmet was pushed back on their head but the chin strap prevented the helmet from falling off. A short pass was completed and A76 went downfield and blocked another B player. The U flagged A76 for illegal participation telling the R their helmet was loose, not properly on the players head and they continued to participate beyond the immediate action.

  5. A12’s pass is intercepted by B23 at B’s 40 YL. During the return A67 and B52 begin fighting at A’s 40YL. B23 returns the ball to A’s 5 YL. The crew allowed B to decline A’s penalty to maintain possession and penalized A for UNS, disqualified A67 and B52 and gave B the ball 1st/10 at A’s 20 YL.

  6. A/K line up to punt with A10 substituting in the game as the punter. A10 has a play card band pulled up to his bicep. The R instructed A10 to lower the play card to their wrist/forearm area. A10 informed the R they cannot lower the band as it is covering a ringworm infection. What should the R do next? Was the R correct to have the player lower their play card?

  7. A is winning 21-20 with 3 seconds remaining in the 4th qtr. A 4th/1 on A’s 45 YL. A50 snaps the ball over the QB’s head, the ball is picked up and advanced by B42 to A’s 2YL. During the loose ball A32 is flagged for holding and during the return B74 is flagged for a block in the back. What are the options for both penalties?

OHSAA Mechanics

  1. A just scored and kicked an extra point in the game which B is ahead 21-10 with 4:10 remaining. The R instructs the crew to use onside kick mechanics for the ensuing KO. K84 kicks the ball deep and toward the LJ’s sideline with the ball rolling toward the pylon. The LJ moved 5 yds downfield and stopped.

  2. The VT is running a very tight, no spread offensive. When the ball is spotted on a hash mark the opposite LOS official has an IP between the opposite hash and the top of the numbers to be 10 yds wider than the A players.

OHSAA Regulations

  1. The HT AD informed the crew that a special event may affect the timing of the coin toss and they informed the visiting team as well. The R was insisting our instructions are to complete the coin toss 20 minutes prior to the start of the game.