Nfhs football penalty situations

The Referee enforces any penalty that he considers equitable, including the award of a score; for repeated fouls, the game may be forfeited

Enforcement of Penalties

• Illegal forward handing
• Illegal forward pass
• Forward Pass Interference
• Illegal Touching (of a forward pass by ineligible behind the line)

• Roughing the kicker or holder
• Roughing the passer
• Roughing the snapper
• Forward Pass Interference

• There is no change of team possession during the down.
• There is a change of team possession during the down, and the team in final possession accepts its opponent's foul.
• There is a change of team possession during the down, and the team in final possession fouled prior to gaining the final possession.

• The basic spot is the previous spot for a foul which occurs simultaneously with the snap and for a foul which occurs during a loose ball play.
• The basic spot is the spot when the related run ended when a foul occurs during a running play.
• The basic spot is the succeeding spot for unsportsmanlike fouls, non-player fouls, Kick-catching interference, and when the final result is a touchback.

• Replay the down and accept enforcement of the penalty
• Accept the result of the play (Successful one point try) with enforcement of the penalty from the succeeding spot.