Intramurals Game Rules Football 6: Fumbles & Kicking

Fumbles

1. A fumbled ball is dead at the point the ball touches the ground if fumbled backward, or at the spot where the fumble occurred if fumbled forward.
2. The ball belongs to the team which controlled it last, before the ball touched the ground.
3. A loose ball which has not hit the ground may be caught and advanced by either team.
   

Kicking

1. All kicks must be announced. The ball must be snapped. Neither team can cross their scrimmage line until the ball is kicked. The officials will notify both teams when a team has announced that they intend to kick the ball. On-side kicks are illegal.
2. The kick-off is always the receiving team's ball. The kick-off can be a place kick or punt. In the event of a kick-off going out of bounds, the receiving team may put the ball in play at the point the ball goes out of bounds or have a re-kick with a 5 yard penalty assessed to the kicking team.