Penalties for an offending team are almost always a real setback to progression down the field. When an offending team is near its own goal line, the rules make it less severe by allowing only half of the distance of the normal penalty to be administered in the half-the-distance circumstances. Timothy P. Brown of FootballArchaeology.com reminds us of a time when these half-distance penalty enforcements could end up in some tremendously long enforcements.
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Introduction
Here is Timothy P. Brown's original TidBit post on the Football Archaeology website complete with images and valuable text for you to enjoy.
Football’s Longest Half-The-Distance Penalty
A look at some of the most extended half-the-Distance penalties in Football History by Timothy Brown of Football Archaeology.Half the Distance
The basic rule at all levels of football for teams that commit fouls near their own goal line is a half-the-distance penalty enforcement.
The general rule of thumb is that if the Penalty distance is more than half the distance from the spot, the foul is enforced to the offender's goal line.
Credits and Thanks
Special thanks to Tim Brown and his Football Archaeology website for the great content and for Tim sharing his time to diiscuss with us.
The banner image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of The University of Kansas offense lines up at the one-yard line. January 3, 2008.
Football Archaeology
Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com is a website dedicated to preserving pigskin history. digs into gridiron history to examine how football’s evolution shapes today's game. The site has a variety of articles, history of football word origins, and Daily Tidbits, which have a daily football factoid that shares some quite interesting items and aspects of the gridiron in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way Visit the site at Today's Tidbits.
Timothy P Brown
Tim Brown, one of the foremost experts on early college football, is the host and founder of FootballArchaeology.com. Tim's love of the gridiron's past goes beyond just the website. Mr Brown, to date, is the author of three books on football history, appears on various football history podcasts, and has been quoted in articles by The Athletic, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He guest authors articles on UniWatch, and his research on the 1920s West Point Cavalry Detachment teams contributed to All American: The Power of Sports, currently on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.His books include: Fields of Friendly Strife; How Football Became Football: 150 Years of the Game's Evolution; and Hut! Hut! Hike! A History of Football Terminology, which explores the history of football’s words and expressions and how they became connected to the game.