American Football Rules IFAF Approved Ruling 5-1-3

I. Airborne A1 receives a legal forward pass one yard within the opponent’s end zone. As A1 receives the ball, he is contacted by B1 and first comes to the ground with the catch at the one-yard line, where the ball is declared dead. RULING: Touchdown (Rule 8-2-1-b). [Cited by 2-9-2, 5-1-3-a-2, 8-2-1-b]
II. Airborne A1 receives a legal forward pass one yard within Team B’s end zone. As A1 receives the ball, he is contacted by B1 and first comes to the ground, on his feet, with the catch at
the one-yard line. After he regains his balance, he runs and is downed at Team B’s five- yard line. RULING: Not a touchdown. Team A’s ball at the spot where the ball is declared dead. [Cited by 2-9-2, 8-2-1-b]
III. Airborne A2 receives a legal forward pass at Team A’s 35-yard line. As A2 receives the ball, he is contacted by B1 and first comes to the ground with the ball at Team A’s 33-yard line,
where the ball is declared dead. RULING: Team A’s ball at the 35-yard line. This is the point of forward progress. [Cited by 2-9-2, 5-1-3-a-2]
IV. A4, with the ball breaking the plane of the 50-yard line while in his possession, dives over the 50-yard line, which is the line to gain for a first down. He is knocked back to Team A’s
49-yard line, where any part of his body except his hand or foot touches the ground.
RULING: First down at forward progress spot (Rule 4-1-3-b). [Cited by 2-9-2, 5-1-3-a-2]
V. A6 has the ball in his possession and is not controlled by an opponent, as he dives over the 50-yard line, which is the line to gain for a first down, and is forced back across the 50-yard line. A6 continues to run and is tackled at Team A’s 49-yard line, where any part of his body, except his hand or foot, strikes the ground. RULING: No first down. The point of forward progress is Team A’s 49-yard line. [Cited by 2-9-2]
VI. A5, with the ball breaking the plane of the goal line while in his possession, dives over the goal line and is knocked back to the one-yard line, where any part of A5’s body except his hand
or foot touches the ground. RULING: Touchdown. The ball is dead when it breaks the plane of the goal line in A5’s possession. [Cited by 2-9-2, 5-1-3-a-2]