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Penalty (gridiron football)

In gridiron football, a penalty is a sanction assessed against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored penalty flag onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul.

Intentional fouls, Signaling and announcing penalties & The ten-second runoff rule

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Signaling and announcing penalties

General types of penalty enforcement

Intentional fouls

The ten-second runoff rule

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Penalty (gridiron football)

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples9
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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penalty foul team game fouls penalties play may result offense football end nfl runoff clock ball first field yards committed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
disqualificationinstance ofand any other penalties0.80text
equipment violations where the player must return to the benchinstance ofother than in rare cases0.80text
remain there until the violation is correctedinstance ofother than in rare cases0.80text
holding results in the down being replayedinstance ofcommitting a foul0.80text
and while the clock stops after the playinstance ofcommitting a foul0.80text
the time that elapsed during the play still came off the clockinstance ofcommitting a foul0.80text
thus allowing teams to gain extra downs to run out the clock by foulinginstance ofcommitting a foul0.80text
delay of game or false start to back the offense up five yardsinstance ofthe offense may take a five-yard dead ball foul0.80text
give the punter more space to land a punt within the red zoneinstance ofthe offense may take a five-yard dead ball foul0.80text

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