College Rule 3: Periods / Time / Subs Rule Study

Team Personal During Coin Toss

• Captains: No more than 4 from each team allowed to attend the coin toss

• All other team members: Must be in the area between the 9yd. marks and the sideline or the team area

- Penalty: 5yd from the SS

Beginning Extra Periods

• Both teams sent to the team ares and officials assemble at the 50yd. to discuss the tiebreaker rules

• A coin toss is ran just like the beginning of the game

- No option to differ, must choose offense or defense and the other team gets to pick what EZ to use

Extra Period

• Two possession series (each team gets one) series that are started by a snap from the opponent’s 25yd

Possession Series

• A team’s dive in overtime

• They retain the ball until they score or fail to achieve a first down

- If there is a change of team possession the play remains live but if A gets possession back later on in the play their possession series is over and B is awarded the ball

Extra Period: Trys

• First extra period: 1 or 2 point allowed

• Second extra period: only 2 point

• Third extra period: just tries

Extra Period: Penalty enforcement on change of team possession

• Fouls on either teams are declined by rule after a change of possession

- Penalties for flagrant personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conduct fouls, dead-ball personal fouls and live-ball fouls treated as dead-ball fouls are enforced on the succeeding play (Not all live ball personal fouls)

• If the scoring team committed a foul their score is canceled

- When a live-ball treated as a dead-ball the score is allowed

• If B has the ball with clean hands and both teams fouled then the fouls cancel and the down is not replayed

- Penalties for flagrant personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conduct fouls, dead-ball personal fouls and live-ball fouls treated as dead-ball fouls are enforced on the succeeding play (Not all live ball personal fouls)

Extra Period: Timeouts

• Each team is given one timeout for the 1st extra period, 2nd extra period, 3rd extra period

- These do not carry over and no team is given a timeout after the 3rd extra period

• TV or radio timeouts are allowed after the 2nd extra period

- Shall not extend a team timeout

• There will be a 2:00 mandatory break after the 2nd period

- Regardless to if there is or isn’t media present at the game

Length of periods and intermissions

• 4 15:00 quarters will be played

• A 20:00 intermission will be between the 2nd and 3rd

- Will start when the field is completely clear and the R gives the wind clock signal

• A 1:00 intermission will be between the 1st and 2nd / 3rd and 4th

- May be extended for purposes of media

Field Availability

• Game administration is tasked with the timing of halftime activities

- Will make the field abatable to teams no later than 3:00 before the 2nd half is set to commence

• If any player enters the playing enclosure before the field is made available to the teams there must be a staff member with them

- If the kickers come out to kick before the field is made abatable to the teams they must start in the team area and kick into a net

Timing Adjustments

• R may change both play time and intermissions before the game for reasons of darkness or other conditions interfering with the game

- All quarters must be of equal length

• R with both head coaches approval may alter the length of any remaining period(s)

• If a play clock goes out and there isn’t knowledge of what time was on the clock it shall be reset based off the play clock rules

Extending periods

• A period is only to be extended in the 2nd or 4th quarters

• There is an accepted live-ball foul

- If a loss of down foul the offended team has the option to not play an untimed down

• There are offsetting fouls

• There is an IW or other incorrect signaling the ball dead

• If a fair catch kick is elected as the way to put a ball in play

• The try for A touchdown is scored on a play where the period expires

Game Clock

• Either kept on a stop watch by the LJ, SJ, FJ, BJ or a game clock operator under the direction of the appropriate official

- The game clock operator can either be on the sideline or in a press box

• Game admin determine the way the clock is kept

40 Second Play Clock

• The ball becomes dead and nothing in the 25 second section is in effect

• If the clock does not start or the count is interrupted for any reason beyond the officials or clock operator control

• An injury timeout for the defensive team

• A defensive player’s helmet comes completely off throughout the play

- Not after a team except after a team timeout or the 2:00 timeout

25 Second Play Clock

• During a 40 second play clock the ball is not made ready before the clock reaches 0:25

• Penalty administration

• Charged team timeout

• 2:00 timeout

• Media timeout

• An injury timeout for the offensive team

• Measurements

• Team B awarded a first down, other than after a free kick

• After a kicking down, other than a free kick

• Scoring a touchdown that is not during the try

• Start of each period

• Start of team possession in extra periods

• An instant replay review

• Other administrative stoppages

• To attempt a fair catch kick

• An offensive players helmet comes completely off thought the play

Spiking the ball

• If the clock is to start on the ready at least 0:03 must be on the clock for the offense to be able to spike the ball

Starting and Stopping Clock: Free Kicks

• Start when the ball is leaky touched

• Stop when the ball becomes dead

Starting and Stopping Clock: Scrimmage Downs

• Clock will run on either that R’s signal or when the ball is snapped

• Will not run on a try, extension of a period, overtime

Starting and Stopping Clock: After a Score

• Clock will automatically stop on the signal of a successful scoring attempt

Clock Starts: Sanp

• Touchback

• Team A fumble or backwards pass is ruled out of bounds anytime after the 2:00

- Forward fumbles are on R’s signal

• Team B is awarded a first down and will be next to snap the ball

• A forward pass is ruled incomplete

• There is a team timeout

• The ball becomes illegal

• A period ends

• A legal kicking down ends

• A return kick is made

• A scrimmage kick is made beyond the neutral zone

• There is a delay of game foul with A in scrimmage kick formation

• A 2:00 minute timeout is declared

Clock Starts: Ready

• Team A first down