SECTION 1. Value of Scores
ARTICLE 1. Scoring Plays
The point value of scoring plays shall be:
Touchdown 6 Points. [S5]
Successful Try from 5 yd – 1 Point. [S5]
Successful Try from 12 yd – 2 Points. [S5]
Defense Touchdown on a Try – 2 Points. [S5]
Safety – 2 Points (points awarded to opponent). [S6]
Safety on a Try – 1 Point (points awarded to opponent). [S6]
SECTION 2. Touchdown
ARTICLE 1. How Scored
A touchdown shall be scored when:
a. The ball in possession of a runner advancing from the field of play penetrates the opponent’s goal line (plane).
b. A player catches a pass in the opponent’s end zone.
SECTION 3. Try Down
ARTICLE 1. How Scored
The points shall be scored according to the point values if the try results in what would be a touchdown or safety.
ARTICLE 2. Opportunity to Score
A try is an extra down with the opportunity for either team to score 1 or 2 points.
a. The ball shall be put in play by the team that scored a 6-point touchdown. If a touchdown is scored during a down in
which time expires, the try shall be attempted. The scoring team has to decide if it will go for 1 or 2 points before
the ready for play.
b. The try begins when the ball is ready for play.
c. The snap will be midway between the side lines on the opponent’s 5-yard (1 point) or 12-yard (2 points) line.
d. The try ends when either team scores or the ball is dead by rule.
e. Penalties will require repeating the try or results in a score or end the try.
If the try will be repeated after a penalty, it is still worth the same value as before. No change of decision (1 or
2 points) will be made before the try ends. AR 8-3-2-I to V
ARTICLE 3. Next Play
After a try, the ball shall be put in play by the opponent on its own 5-yard-line.
SECTION 4. Safety
ARTICLE 1. How Scored
It is a safety when:
a. The ball becomes dead behind a goal line, except from an incomplete pass from outside the end zone, and the
defending team of this goal line is responsible for the ball being there.
b. An accepted penalty for a foul leaves the ball on or behind the offending team’s goal line. AR 8-4-1-I to IV
ARTICLE 2. Snap After a Safety
After a safety, the ball shall be put in play by the scoring team at its own 5-yard-line.
SECTION 5. Touchback
ARTICLE 1. When Declared
It is a touchback when:
a. The ball becomes dead behind a goal line, except from an incomplete pass from outside the end zone, and the
attacking team of this goal line is responsible for the ball being there.
b. A defense player intercepts a pass between his 5-yard-line and the goal line and the original momentum carries him
into the end zone.
ARTICLE 2. Snap After a Touchback
After a touchback, the ball shall be put in play by the defending team at its own 5-yard-line.