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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast: Football's Two-Yard Penalty

Timothy P. Brown

May 2, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discussed a recent TidBit about football’s only two-yard penalty, why it came about, and why it went away.

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

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Today's Tidbit... It's Time For Football's Two-Yard Penalty

Timothy P. Brown

Mar 13

Today's Tidbit... It's Time For Football's Two-Yard Penalty

The 1906 season was a seminal season for rule changes. The forward pass became legal, as did the onside kick from scrimmage, the neutral zone entered the game, and the yards to gain for a first down doubled from five to ten. Those were among the significant changes in 1906, but there was another small change whose story is seldom told: the introduction …

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