OFFICIAL FOOTBALL SIGNALS HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS

OFFICIAL FOOTBALL SIGNALS HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

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Ball ready for play *Untimed down

Start clock

Time-out Discretionary or injury timeout (follow by tapping hands on chest)

TV/Radio time-out

Touchdown Field goal Point(s) after touchdown

Safety

Ball dead Touchback (move side to side)

First down

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Loss of down

Incomplete forward pass Penalty declined, No play, No score, Legal touching of forward Toss option delayed pass or scrimmage kick

Inadvertent whistle (Face Press Box)

Disregard flag

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End of period

Sideline warning

First touching (NFHS) Illegal touching

Uncatchable forward pass (NCAA)

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Encroachment (NFHS) Offside defense (NCAA)

Illegal procedure (NFHS) False start Illegal formation Encroachment offense (NCAA)

Illegal shift - 2 hands Illegal motion - 1 hand

Delay of game

Substitution infraction

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Failure to wear required equipment

Illegal helmet contact

Unsportsmanlike conduct Noncontact foul

Illegal participation

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Sideline interference

Running into (NCAA) or Roughing kicker or holder

Illegal batting/kicking Invalid fair catch (Followed by pointing signal (NFHS) toward toe for kicking) Illegal fair catch signal

Forward pass interference Kick catching interference

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Roughing passer

Illegal pass/forward handing

Intentional grounding

Ineligible downfield on pass

Personal foul

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Clipping

Blocking below waist Illegal block

Chop block

Holding/obstructing Illegal use of hands/arms (NCAA)

Interlocked blocking Illegal use of hands or arms (NFHS) Illegal block in the back (NCAA)

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Helping runner

Grasping face mask or helmet opening

Tripping

Player disqualification

NOTE: Signals number 25 and 26 are for future expansion.

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TEAM BOX SIDE LINE PYLON GOAL LINE

2 YDS. OR MORE

BENCH Coaches Area

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5 YDS. OR MORE

NOTE: Game administration may place on the field, four inches from each sideline, yard-line extensions that should be 24 inches in length and four inches in width; and/or, at each yard line, numbers that should be six feet in height and four feet in width. The tops of the numbers should be nine yards from the sideline and may include directional arrows next to the yard-line numbers indicating the direction toward the nearest goal line.

BARRIER 534
3-YARD LINE

684

UPRIGHT AT LEAST 20 HIGH

3-YARD LINE

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END ZONE

END ZONE

GOAL

GOAL

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END LINE

10 YDS APART

NOTE: Game administration may place on the field, at the inbounds lines, yard-line extensions that should be 24 inches in length and four inches in width.

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