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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast: Before Pass Interference

Timothy P. Brown

Jul 4, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discussed a recent TidBit about football before the game recognized the need for the pass interference penalty and the evolution of the early pass interference rules.

Click here to listen to what happened, or subscribe to Pigskin Dispatch wherever you get your podcasts.

Here’s the original Tidbit:

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Today's Tidbit... Before There Was Pass Interference

Timothy P. Brown

Apr 7

Today's Tidbit... Before There Was Pass Interference

It isn't easy to get things right on the first go-around, as shown when the forward pass became legal in 1906. The rules heavily restricted the forward pass, and the game lacked proven throwing, catching, and route-running techniques we now consider obvious. Also missing were rules concerning pass interference.

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