This is #21 in a series covering football’s original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each Friday. “Touch-in goal” constitutes the four areas on football fields behind the goal line and beyond the sideline. They remain a part of rugby fields today but stopped having meaning for American football fields when the rule makers eliminated the puntout
Today’s Tidbit… 1876 IFA Rule #21: Touch-in Goal
Today’s Tidbit… 1876 IFA Rule #21: Touch-in…
Today’s Tidbit… 1876 IFA Rule #21: Touch-in Goal
This is #21 in a series covering football’s original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each Friday. “Touch-in goal” constitutes the four areas on football fields behind the goal line and beyond the sideline. They remain a part of rugby fields today but stopped having meaning for American football fields when the rule makers eliminated the puntout