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NFL Overtime Scenario: Opening with an onside kick, Can recov. team win w/ FG?

Posted on 10/16/16 at 11:02 pm
Posted by Cow Drogo
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 10/16/16 at 11:02 pm
Question 1

If someone were to open the overtime with an onside kick and recover it, is the game now sudden death and winnable by FG?(did that count as the receiving teams possession?


Question 2. (Totally different scenario)

Let's say the saints panthers are playing and the game goes to overtime.

Saints get the ball first. Drew Brees throws an interception. As the intercepting player is running with the ball, he fumbles the ball. The fumble is then recovered by the saints.
Can the saints then win with a FG via sudden death?
This post was edited on 10/16/16 at 11:06 pm
Posted by sms151t
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Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 10/16/16 at 11:02 pm to
Yes game is over because the recievers lost possession
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 10/16/16 at 11:05 pm to
Question 1- Yes

Question 2- Don't know
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
28897 posts
Posted on 10/16/16 at 11:11 pm to
Hmm, now you got me reading the rulebook...


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Question 1

If someone were to open the overtime with an onside kick and recover it, is the game now sudden death and winnable by FG?(did that count as the receiving teams possession?


(e) The opportunity to possess applies only during kicking plays. A kickoff is the opportunity to possess for the receiving team. If the kicking team legally recovers the kick, the receiving team is considered to have had its opportunity.

quote:

Question 2. (Totally different scenario)

Let's say the saints panthers are playing and the game goes to overtime.

Saints get the ball first. Drew Brees throws an interception. As the intercepting player is running with the ball, he fumbles the ball. The fumble is then recovered by the saints.
Can the saints then win with a FG via sudden death?



(4) If the second team loses possession by an interception or fumble, but the first team committed a foul prior to the change of possession, the second team’s possession has not legally ended, and the game cannot end on the down. However, in certain situations (see Approved Ruling 16.24) the second team cannot decline the
penalty and accept the result of the play, no matter how beneficial, because it would create a second
possession for itself. It must accept the penalty enforcement, which will extend its initial possession.

(5) The situation in (4) may also affect the team that receives the opening kickoff during its first possession. If there is a foul by the second team followed by a double change of possession, and the first team declines the penalty and accepts the result of the play, the second team has had its required possession, and the first team has possession of the ball for the second time and needs only a field goal to win. However, if it accepts the penalty, it will extend its initial possession (see Approved Ruling 16.25).


TL;DR: Yes to both.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 12:16 am to
NFL overtime sucks balls.
Posted by jamalsdeck
Member since Jul 2016
2818 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 12:28 am to
I wanted to know this as well
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 12:51 am to
thats a good question on #2. actually both
Posted by MikeyFL
Las Vegas, NV
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 5:01 am to
These were two questions I hadn't even considered before. Thanks for asking them. And thanks to saintsfan92612 for answering them.
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
48379 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 11:26 am to
quote:

If someone were to open the overtime with an onside kick and recover it, is the game now sudden death and winnable by FG?(did that count as the receiving teams possession?


No, because team one never had possession.

quote:

Saints get the ball first. Drew Brees throws an interception. As the intercepting player is running with the ball, he fumbles the ball. The fumble is then recovered by the saints.
Can the saints then win with a FG via sudden death?


Yes, because both teams had possession.
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10556 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 11:51 am to
Yes
Yes
Posted by Rand AlThor
Member since Jan 2014
9483 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 1:21 pm to
I thought you couldn't open OT with an onside kick?
Posted by lsutigersFTW
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 3:43 pm to
Something kind of cool that may not be known. So overtime starts, say it takes team a 11 minutes to go down the field and score a field goal. Team b then gets the ball and is in the middle of their drive, but the four minutes runs out in the overtime period. The game is in fact not over, because team b is still on their opening overtime possession. So a second overtime will begin for the conclusion of team b's possession.
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 3:44 pm
Posted by BayouBengals03
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Member since Nov 2007
99999 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:23 pm to
This isn't common knowledge? Especially the second scenario.

A change of possession is a change of possession. If a team recovers a fumble, they have possession.
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