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he Part XI case play had A65 clipping B45 in A's end zone while A7 was scrambling around trying to find a receiver. He ended up passing the ball to A83 at the A 22-yard line, and B's captain now has some penalty options to consider.
In our case play, the basic spot is the previous spot (the A 5-yard line), and it was 3rd and 12. The clipping foul by the offense occurred behind the previous spot, so the enforcement will be from the spot of the foul. The spot of that foul was in the end zone. Fundamental X.7 states that ...
No penalty directly results in a safety, but if a distance penalty is enforced from behind the offender's goal line toward his end line, it is a safety.
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