15-yard penalties (5 on 5 football) 185 30-second clock (5 on 5 flag football) 190 30-second clock (5 on 5 football) 183 Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 176 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 38 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 109 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Appointments (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 24 Approved Ruling and Officials' Signals 49 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 110 Authority for leagues to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 176 Backward passes and hand offs (5 on 5 flag football) 192 Backward passes and handoffs (5 on 5 football) 184 Ball dead (5 on 5 flag football) 191 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 81 Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 83 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 83 Basic principles 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Basic Spot (Spots) 61 Batting a Backward Pass (Batting and Kicking) 146 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 145 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 146 Batting (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Belongs To (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 50 Below Waist (Blocking) 51 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Blitz (5 on 5 flag football) 189 Blitz (5 on 5 football) 182 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 54 Blocking Below the Waist (replacement for rule 9-1-2-e) (Youth Football) 180 Blocking (Blocking) 51 Block in the Back (Blocking) 52 Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 58 Catch, Interception, Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 50 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 109 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 176 Change of possession (5 on 5 football) 186 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 169 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts) 75 Chop Block (Blocking) 51 Clipping 52 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 45 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Code of conduct (Basic principles) 15 Completed Pass (Forward Pass) 113 Contact fouls (5 on 5 flag football) 194 Contacting an Official (Noncontact Fouls) 141 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 117 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 86 Contrasting Colours (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 168 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 58 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 81 Dead-ball fouls (5 on 5 football) 186 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 150 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 60 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 49 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 99 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 107 Definition (Definition) 161 Definition of coach (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 179 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays) 78 Deliberate Dead-Ball Advance 52 Dimensions (The Field) 32 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 63 Diving (5 on 5 flag football) 189 Down and Between Downs 52 Downs (5 on 5 flag football) 192 Downs (5 on 5 football) 184 Drop Kick (Kicks) 55 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 109 Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 112 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 112 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 flag football) 193 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 football) 185 Eligibility to Touch Legal Pass (Forward Pass) 112 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 57 End Zones (Field Areas) 65 Enforcement On Try Down (5 on 5 flag football) 195 Enforcement On Try Down (5 on 5 football) 186 Enforcement spots (5 on 5 flag football) 195 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 59 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 166 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 69 Extra periods (5 on 5 flag football) 196 Extra periods (5 on 5 football) 187 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 66 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 52 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks) 56 Field of Play (Field Areas) 65 Field Surface (The Field) 37 Fighting 146, 147, 65 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 66 Flagrant foul (5 on 5 flag football) 189 Flagrant Fouls (Contact and Interference Fouls) 130 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 92 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 120 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 57 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 53 Forward passes (5 on 5 flag football) 193 Forward passes (5 on 5 football) 184 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 64 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 85 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 53 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Foul and Violation 53 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 88 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 88 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 124 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 92 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Fouls During a Loose Ball (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 124 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 123 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 52 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 92 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 92 Free Kick Formation (exception to Rule 6-1-2-c) (Youth Football) 180 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 90 Free Kick (Kicks) 56 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 64 Fumble (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Game Administration Interference (Contact and Interference Fouls) 138 Game clock (5 on 5 flag football) 190 Game clock (5 on 5 football) 183 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 64 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 174 Game regulations 19, 20 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 166 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 174 General principle (5 on 5 flag football) 188 General principle (5 on 5 football) 181 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 173 General principles (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 22 General Principle (Youth Football) 180 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 31 Goal Lines (Lines) 54 Goals (5 on 5 flag football) 188 Goals (5 on 5 football) 181 Goals (exception to Rule 1-2-5-f) (Youth Football) 180 Goals (The Field) 35 Half-distance (5 on 5 flag football) 195 Half-distance (5 on 5 football) 186 Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 159 Handing the Ball 55 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 108 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 83 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 148 How Charged (Timeouts) 73 How Scored (Field Goal) 124 How Scored (Safety) 126 How Scored (Touchdown) 120 How Scored (Try Down) 121 Huddle 55 Hurdling 55 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 101 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 115 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays) 78 Illegal equipment (5 on 5 flag football) 190 Illegal Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 43 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 110 Illegal Interference (Contact and Interference Fouls) 136 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 146 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 119 Inbounds Lines (Hash Marks) (Lines) 54 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 60 Incident reports (Game regulations) 19 Incompleted Pass (Forward Pass) 114 Ineligibles Downfield (Forward Pass) 118 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 128 Initiating Contact/Targetting an Opponent (Contact and Interference Fouls) 135 Injury Timeout (Timeouts) 76 In Possession (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 50 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 171 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 171 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 98 Interfering for or Helping the Runner or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 141 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 151 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 53 Invalid Signals (Fair Catch) 100 Jurisdiction (Basic principles) 16 Kick After Safety (Safety) 127 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 62 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 92 Kickoff (Kicks) 56 Kicks (5 on 5 flag football) 190 Kicks (5 on 5 football) 182 League Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks) 55 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 97 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 110 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 79 Length of Periods (amendment to rule 3-2-1) (Youth Football) 180 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 178 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 69 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts) 77 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 173 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 165 Limit Lines (The Field) 33 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 62 Line to gain (5 on 5 flag football) 188 Line to gain (5 on 5 football) 182 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 36 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 85 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 81 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 151 Live-ball fouls (5 on 5 football) 186 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 148 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 49 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 166 Loose ball (5 on 5 flag football) 192 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 49 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 97 Loss of a Down 57 Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 45 Mandatory equipment (5 on 5 flag football) 190 Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 42 Markers and Obstructions (The Field) 37 Marking Balls (The Ball) 39 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 33 Medical requirement (5 on 5 flag football) 188 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 48 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 47 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 169 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 170 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 163 Muff (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Next Play (Field Goal) 125 Next Play (Try Down) 124 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 55 No Advance (5 on 5 flag football) 195 No Advance (5 on 5 football) 184 No Advance (Fair Catch) 100 No-run zone (5 on 5 flag football) 189 No-run zone (5 on 5 football) 182 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 101 Not Outside an Inbounds Line (The Scrimmage) 103 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 flag football) 193 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 football) 184 Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 62 Offensive Team Requirements (exception to Rule 7-1-3-b-1) (Youth Football) 180 Offensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 103 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 172 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 148 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 57 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 121 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 84 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 110 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Out of Bounds Lines (Lines) 54 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 60 Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 161 Passer (Team and Player Designations) 63 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 162 Passing (Passes) 57 Penalties 20, 21, 22 Penalties for disqualification from a game (Penalties) 20 Penalties for other breaches (Penalties) 21 Penalties for roster form breaches (Penalties) 21 Penalty 58 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 88 Penalty enforcement (5 on 5 flag football) 195 Penalty enforcement (5 on 5 football) 186 Penalty Resulting in First Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Penalty yardage (5 on 5 flag football) 195 Personal fouls (5 on 5 football) 185 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 166 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 32 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (addition to Rule 9-1-2) (Youth Football) 181 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (Contact and Interference Fouls) 130 Place Kick (Kicks) 56 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 108 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 83 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 64 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 83 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 144 Player's Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 40 Player (Team and Player Designations) 63 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 63 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 65 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 65 Playing time (5 on 5 flag football) 191 Playing time (5 on 5 football) 183 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 177 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 61 Previous Spot (Spots) 59 Principles of natural justice (Basic principles) 17 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 153 Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings 22, 23, 24 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 170 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 171 Procedures for reviewing cases (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 24 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 167 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 176 Punt (Kicks) 55 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 flag football) 191 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 football) 184 Pylons (The Field) 36 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 93 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 40 Referee's Discretionary Timeout (Timeouts) 74 Referee's Notification (Timeouts) 77 Registration and rosters (Game regulations) 19 Relocated by penalty (5 on 5 flag football) 195 Relocated by penalty (5 on 5 football) 186 Removing persons from the field (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 178 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 63 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 128 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 90 Restraining Lines (Lines) 54 Return Kick (Kicks) 56 Rosters (5 on 5 flag football) 196 Rosters (5 on 5 football) 187 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Contact and Interference Fouls) 135 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 63 Running Play (Play Classification) 64 Safety (5 on 5 flag football) 194 Scope and definitions (Basic principles) 14 Scoring (5 on 5 flag football) 193 Scoring (5 on 5 football) 185 Scoring Plays (amendment to rule 8-1-1) (Youth Football) 180 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 120 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks) 56 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks) 56 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 64 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 58 Scrimmage (Scrimmage) 58 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 66 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 169 Shadow blocking (5 on 5 flag football) 189 Shift 59 Shifts and False Starts (The Scrimmage) 106 Side Line, Goal Line, End Line (Reviewable Plays) 161 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 51 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 148 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 128 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 63 Snapping the Ball 59 Spearing 59 Specifications (The Ball) 38 Specific principles for appeals (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 23 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 flag football) 196 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 football) 186 Spot of ball (5 on 5 flag football) 192 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 60 Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 153 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 60 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 60 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 63 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 103 Start of each half (5 on 5 flag football) 191 Start of each half (5 on 5 football) 183 Status of the BAFA Disciplinary Code (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 177 Stewards (Game Personnel) 173 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 63 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 79 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 60 Supervision (5 on 5 flag football) 188 Supervision (5 on 5 football) 181 Supervision (General Provisions) 31 Suspensions (Penalties) 21 Tackling 62 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 34 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 173 Team Captains (General Provisions) 31 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 62 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 32 Terms and Conditions 209 The ball (5 on 5 flag football) 188 The ball (5 on 5 football) 182 The field (5 on 5 flag football) 188 The field (5 on 5 football) 181 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 174 The Field (Field Areas) 65 The game (5 on 5 flag football) 188 The game (5 on 5 football) 181 The Game (General Provisions) 31 The Neutral Zone 57 Tiebreaker procedures (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 178 Timeouts (5 on 5 flag football) 191 Timeouts (5 on 5 football) 183 Timeout (Timeouts) 73 Time Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 168 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 69 Timing devices (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 179 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 70 Touchback (5 on 5 flag football) 194 Touchdown (5 on 5 flag football) 193 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 91 Touching (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 54 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Free Kicks) 92 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Tripping 64 Tripping (exception to Rules 2-28-1 and 9-1-2-c) (Youth Football) 181 Unfair Acts (Noncontact Fouls) 140 Unfair Game Clock Tactics (Delays) 78 Unfair Tactics (Noncontact Fouls) 139 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Noncontact Fouls) 138 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 143 Use of Hands or Arms by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 141 Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 53 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts) 77 Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 172 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 174 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 145 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 49 When Clock Starts (Playing Time and Intermissions) 71 When Clock Stops (Playing Time and Intermissions) 73 When Declared (Touchback) 127 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 85 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 167 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 141 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 31 Yard Lines (Lines) 54
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org