| Five (5) yard Penalties: |
| Illegal Participation: |
Failure to stay in player boxes, after warning by referee.
(Rule 2 Section 2 Article 1)
More than three (3) support people on field during a time out except to attend to an injured player during an injury time out.
(Rule 3 Section 5 Article 1)
More than eight (8) players on the field at the start of a play.
(Rule 5 Section 1 Article 3)
Defensive player entering the field after the ball has been snapped.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 1) |
| Illegal Substitution: |
Offensive team substitution after the offense is set.
(Rule 5 Section 4 Article 2)
Failure of substitute to go to center of field before taking position for play.
(Rule 5 Section 4 Article 3)
Substitution that appears to be made to confuse or deceive an opponent.
(Rule 5 Section 4 Article 4) |
| Delay of Game: |
Not ready for play at designated kick off time.
(Rule 3 Section 3 Article 1)
Calling a time out when none are available.
(Rule 3 Section 5 Article 5)
Not putting ball in play within the allocated 25 second period.
(Rule 3 Section 6 Article 1)
Running with the ball after a fair catch signal by any of the potential receivers.
(Rule 6 Section 2 Article 2) |
| Off Sides: |
Player on kicking team not behind kicking line when ball is free kicked.
(Rule 6 Section 1 Article 3)
Player on receiving team not behind the restraining line when the ball is free kicked.
(Rule 6 Section 1 Article 4)
Defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage before the completion of the three-second count.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 3)
Defense in the neutral zone at time of snap.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 2) also see
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 1)
Defensive player makes contact with offensive player — after offense is set and before ball is snapped.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 2)
Offensive player, other than the interior line people, moves across the neutral zone prior to the snap.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 5) |
| Illegal Procedure: |
Movement by offense — other than a legal shift or motion —
designed to pull the defense off sides.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 1) also see
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 5) |
| Illegal Motion: |
Two or more players moving at the same time — without setting for one (1) second, prior to the snap.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 4)
Player in motion moving forward at the time of the snap.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Article 4) |
| Illegal Formation: |
Players not in proper alignment at the time of the snap, i. e., too many players in the backfield or too far from the ball at the time of the snap.
(Rule 7 Section 3 Articles 3, 4, and 5) |
| Illegally Downfield: |
Any of the three interior line people going more than one (1) yard beyond the line of scrimmage before the ball is passed. Unless they are on a block and are holding that block.
(Rule 7 Section 4 Article 4) |
| Illegal Touch or Catch: |
Any of the interior linepeople touching or catching a forward pass.
(Rule 7 Section 4 Article 4) |
| Intentional Grounding: |
Passing the ball to an area where there is no receiver in that area or passing the ball out of bounds to avoid an impending loss.
(Rule 7 Section 4 Article 4) |
| Illegal Chucking: |
Impeding the potential pass receiver's progress beyond the permitted five yards.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 3) |
| Interfering with Opportunity to Catch a Kick: |
Member of kicking team within 2 yards of receiver.
(Rule 6 Section 1 Article 8) |
| Interfering with Opportunity to Fair Catch: |
Kicking team touches, shoves, or interferes with the receiver, after a fair catch signal.
(Rule 6 Section 2 Article 1) |
| Illegal Forward Pass: |
Throwing a forward pass during the return of a kick.
(Rule 6 Section 3 Article 1)
Throwing a forward pass after crossing the line of scrimmage.
(Rule 7 Section 4 Article 4) |
Ten (10) yard Penalties: |
| Illegal blocking: |
Offensive player holds, tackles, blocks below the waist, blocks in the back, leaves her feet to cross body block, uses hands to head or face of opponent, or trips the defender.
(Rule 7 Section 4 Article 1) |
| Early Deflagging: |
Intentionally and premature removing a player's flags before she has caught the ball.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 4) |
| Guarding the Flag: |
Player positions her hands or arms in a way as to impede the tackling player from removing her flags.
(Rule 7 Section 4 Article 8) |
| Offensive Pass Interference: |
The receiver holds, shoves, face masks, or grabs the flag from the defender before the defender can make an interception.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 3) |
| Illegal Contact: |
Head on attack when attempting to remove a flag from the ball carrier.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 2) |
Fifteen (15) yard Penalties: |
Conduct Detrimental
to the Game: |
A player wearing an altered belt or flag.
(Rule 4 Section 2 Article 1)
Wearing dangerous or inappropriate equipment.
(Rule 4 Section 4 Article 3)
A player, other than the captain, discuss or argue penalties.
(Rule 5 Section 2 Article 2)
Continuing to use a quick snap in punting situations, after being warned by the referee.
(Rule 5 Section 4 Article 5)
Hard running into a kick receiver.
(Rule 6 Section 1 Article 8)
Flagrant interfering with making a fair catch of a kick.
(Rule 6 Section 2 Article 2)
Running into, hitting, or roughing the kicker.
(Rule 7 Section 5 Article 5) |
Player Ejection: |
| First violation: |
Team wears altered belts and flags
(Rule 4 Section 2 Article 1) |
| Ignoring Referee's Request: |
Not removing inappropriate equipment.
(Rule 4 Section 4 Article 3) |
| Continuing Behavior: |
Arguing plays after being penalized for arguing.
(Rule 5 Section 2 Article 2) |
Game Forfeit: |
| Non appearance: |
Failure to arrive for kick off seven (7) minutes after scheduled time.
(Rule 3 Section 3 Article 1) |
| Ignoring Referee's Request: |
Entire team fails to correct inappropriate equipment or
uniforms as requested by the referee.
(Rule 4 Section 1 Article 7) |
| Continuing Violations: |
Wearing altered belts and flags after penalty, ejection and
Referee's warning.
(Rule 4 Section 2 Article 1)
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