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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast: When Balls Fumbled Out of Bounds Remained Live

Timothy P. Brown

May 16, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discussed a recent TidBit about football’s old days when the ball remained live after going out of bounds. We also talk a bit about the calamities that ensued with players running over obstacles to get to the ball.

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If you want to read the Tidbit itself, here it is:

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Today's Tidbit... When Balls Fumbled Out Of Bounds Remained Live

Timothy P. Brown

Mar 16

Today's Tidbit... When Balls Fumbled Out Of Bounds Remained Live

When the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA) adopted the game's first formal rules in 1876, they adopted rugby's rules with only a few minor changes. Among the rules that are now quite different from the original was that the ball remained live when it went out of bounds, or "in touch" under the terminology of the times. Just as touchdowns counte…

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