ARTICLE 4. REVIEWABLE PLAYS. The Replay System will cover the following play situations only:
(a) Plays involving possession, including:
(1) Whether a pass was complete, incomplete, intercepted in the field of play, at sideline, goal line, end zone, and end
line
(2) Whether a loose ball was recovered in the field of play, at sideline, goal line, end zone, and end line
(3) Whether a player (passer) fumbled or threw a pass
(4) Whether a pass has been thrown forward or backward
(5) Whether there has been an illegal forward handoff
(6) Whether a runner fumbled or was down by contact
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(b) Plays involving touching, including:
(1) Whether a forward pass has been touched by any player
(2) Whether a runner is down by defensive contact
(3) Whether a loose ball has been touched by a player
(4) Whether the ball has touched a pylon
(5) Whether a kick has been touched
(6) Whether a loose ball in play has struck a video board, guide wire, Skycam, or any other object
(c) Plays governed by the goal line, including:
(1) Scoring plays, including the ball breaking the plane of the goal line
(a) Whether a Field Goal or Try attempt has crossed below or above the crossbar, inside or outside the uprights
when it is lower than the top of the uprights, or has touched anything
(2) Whether there has been a touchback, when the on-field ruling involves a runner’s momentum
(d) Plays governed by the sidelines, including:
(1) Whether a runner/receiver is in or out of bounds
(2) Whether a loose ball touches a boundary line or anything on or outside such line
(e) Plays governed by the end lines, including:
(1) Whether a runner/receiver is in or out of bounds
(2) Whether a loose ball is in or out of bounds
(f) Plays governed by the line of scrimmage, including:
(1) Whether a forward pass has been thrown from beyond or behind the line of scrimmage
(2) Whether a forward pass has been thrown from behind the line of scrimmage after the ball has been beyond the line
(g) Other
(1) The position of the ball with respect to a first down
(2) Whether more than 11 players were on the field at the snap
Notes:
(1) If an on-field ruling of a dead ball (down by contact, out of bounds, or incomplete forward pass) is changed, the
ball belongs to the recovering player at the spot of the recovery, and any advance is nullified. If the ball goes out
of bounds in an end zone, the result of the play will be either a touchback or a safety.
(2) If the on-field ruling is a dead ball, any recovery must occur in the continuing action following the loss of
possession.
(3) If the Referee does not have indisputable visual evidence as to which player recovered the loose ball, or that the
ball went out of bounds, the ruling on the field will stand.
(3) The game clock, in situations in which time is deemed to have expired during or after the last play of the first
or second half, or of an overtime period in the preseason or regular season, or of an overtime half in the
postseason. Time shall be put back on the game clock if there has been an error in the operation of the
game clock. In the first half, time shall be restored only if the additional play will be a snap from scrimmage.
In the second half, time shall be restored only if it is a one-score game (eight points or less), and the
additional play will be a snap from scrimmage by the team that is behind in the score, or by either team if the
score is tied.
Notes:
(1) A timing error is defined as having occurred only when the visual evidence demonstrates that more than
one second should be put on the clock.
(2) A correction of a timing error for a team timeout may be made only if there is visual evidence of an
official’s signal.
