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Word: forward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last meeting of the football rules committee held in New York there were several minor changes in the football rules which will be of interest to those who follow the game closely. Perhaps the most important change was the ruling that a forward pass made from behind the goal line and not fully completed becomes a safety. Another point which arose for discussion was para-O, section 9 of rule No. 6, in its unabridged form; this provided that a safety was made when a player of the side in possession of the ball made an incompleted forward pass behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Changes in Football Rules | 9/30/1911 | See Source »

...difficulties encountered in section 5 of rule 19 were eliminated by discarding the penalty of giving the ball to the opponents on the spot of the preceding down in the case of an incompleted forward pass, and substituting the penalty provided for in the case of illegally touching or recovering the ball, which shall go to the opponents at the spot of the preceding down instead of where the foul occurred...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Changes in Football Rules | 9/30/1911 | See Source »

...defining a touchback, the committee decreed that a forward pass going over the goal line or striking the upright or cross bar, or a kicked ball struck by an offside player within the 10-yard line, is a touchdown in addition to the other specifications under section 8 of rule 4. It was also decided that the ball should not be declared dead if it strikes an official accidentally and play continues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Changes in Football Rules | 9/30/1911 | See Source »

...Camp explained that the committee was of the opinion that if a man dropped the ball in the act if making a forward pass and it did not roll forward it would would be considered a fumble, and would be declared such, but if it had any forward movement it would be declared an imcompleted pass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Changes in Football Rules | 9/30/1911 | See Source »

Owing to the weather the practice of the Freshman football squad yesterday was necessarily of the lightest nature, consisting chiefly of a light signal practice, the men being given their first tryout at handling a wet ball. Much attention was again paid to the forward pass and improvement was noticeable in spite of the poor conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Progress of Freshman Squad | 9/30/1911 | See Source »

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