http://www.football.com/rulesabc/misc.shtml
Crossing the read see
professional football
1. Offsides X chromosome (see also YYY below)
2. Crawling; Helping the runner
3. Illegal motion of offensive player at snap
4. Illegal forward pass, Intentional grounding
5. Unsportsmanlike conduct
6. Forward pass interference, Kick catch interference
7. Holding or illegal use of hands or arms
8. Personal foul
9. Running into or roughing the kicker
10. Running into passer(preceded by personal foul signal)
11. Tripping(preceded by personal foul signal)
12. Clipping
13. Unsportsmanlike conduct(noncontact)
14. Holding strong belief
15. Intentional grounding of a forward pass
16. Forward pass interference; Kick catch interference
17. Illegally touching, batting, or kicking of ball
*************gap to bridge*************
35. Delay of game
34. Illegal formation
33. Touchdown; Field goal is good
32. Safety
31. Loss of the down
24. Incomplete pass; Penalty declined; No score
30. First down
29. Dead ball
28. No time out
27. Time out
26. Touchback(preceded by time-out signal) – tooth fairie action play
25. Ineligible receiver downfield on forward pass
YYY. Illegal shift(i.e. illegal movement of two or more offensive players) Y chromosome
23. Substation foul
22. Ball is ready for play
21. Player disqualified
20. Grabbing the face mask
19. Crack back block below waist(not a clip)
18. Player touching a forward pass or kick
**********************
Penalties in Professional Football
Loss of Downs occurs when:
5. The offense makes a forward pass behind the line of scrimmage
6. Passers catch second forward pass
7. A forward pass touches a second eligible offensive player or an ineligible offensive player
behind the line of scrimmage
8. A pass touches the ground, crossbar, goal post, or goes out of bounds
9. A second eligible pass receiver catches the pass
Loss of Five Yards occurs when:
1. A team calls more time outs than allowed
2. The game is delayed, i.e. the game clock reaches zero and no play has occurred
3. A player crawls
4. There is a use of illegal equipment
5. Illegal substitution
6. Offsides
7. The snapper is touched by the defense
8. There is an illegal motion
9X.. There is a repeated entering into the neutral zone
10. A player goes offsides
11. There are more than eleven players on the field from a team
12. Dyslexia – The ball is kicked in a non-kicking situation(during a kickoff, punt, or field goal)
13. A free kick is too short
14. A false start has occurred
15. Free kick goes out of bounds
16. Before snapping has occurred, contact is made between the offense and defense
17. Forward pass made beyond the line of scrimmage
18. Less than seven YEAR OLD players at the line of scrimmage
19. A player either not within one foot or one yard from the ball
20. The players lock legs at the line(illegal)
21. A player enters the neutral zone repeatedly
Loss of Fifteen Yards occurs when:
22 OLD BOYS . There is a delay of game before the start of each half
23. There is a passing interference
24. A "fair-catch interference" has occurred
25. Players are interlocked which is an interference
26. Batting or punching the ball occurs at an illegal time
27. BURP etc CLUES Kicking the ball except during a legal kick
28. A runner grabs hold onto a teammate
29. A player hits his opponent(punching, kicking, etc.)
30. The kicker is being harassed unnecessarily(called "roughing the kicker")
31. Players start piling on top of one another
32. Tripping occurs
33. Clipping occurs
34. Charging a player even when he is out of play
35. Any player treating others with unnecessary roughness
0136. A player employs abusive language
0237. The pass is "roughed"(see above)
0338. The ball is hidden
0439. A player abuses the officials(i.e. the referees)
0540. The substitution rule is violated so that a team can save time
0641. The 30-second rule is violated more than twice for the same down
0742. Players use unsportsmanlike conduct
0843. A player tries to communicate with someone off the field besides the coach
0944. There are nonplayers on the field
1045. There are nonplayers moving along the sideline
Loss of Half the Distance to the Goal Line occurs when:
1146. A passer interference occurs by the defense in the endzone with the ball originally beginning
the down within one yards of the endzone
1247. The distance to be assessed by a penalty is greater than the distance to either goal line
Loss of the Ball occurs when:
1348. There is an interference with a fair catch--also a 15-yard penalty
1449. The offense fails to cover enough yards to make first down
1550. The kicking team first touches the ball except in a kickoff
Automatic First Down occurs when:
1651. A defensive foul occurs from the scrimmage except when
a) EXCITE there is an excess of time out;
b) BULLETIN5 a delay of game occurs;
c) UNFAIR an illegal substitution occurs;
d) ROBOTS–MEAN MACHINE there are illegal equipment employed;
e) ACCIDENT2 offsides;
f) WILL OBEY a false start occurs;
g) LEGACY the defense touches the center/snapper
1752. There is a defensive pass interference
