OFFICIAL RULE BOOK
EQUIPMENT
Each team must bring their own football to every game. LUG will provide balls on Game #1 but teams are responsible for bringing FLAGS & FOOTBALLS to each game.
- Only PLASTIC cleats are allowed
- Pants/Shorts with pockets should NOT be worn
- Mouth guards are recommended, but not required
- Players’ shirts/jerseys must be tucked in on all sides, and at all times
- All players MUST wear 2 flags. If a flag falls off without being pulled by a defender, then the player must be touched with 2 hands to stop the play
- The flag cannot be pulled by an opposing player before the offensive player has touched the ball on any play
- A personal foul will be called for any violation, resulting in a 5-yard penalty, and a re-play the down
- If any player is juggling the ball, his flag may be pulled as soon as contact with the ball is first made
- Once a player’s flag is pulled it must be handed back to the opposing player of the opposing player’s team
- If failure to do so, a 5-yard penalty for minor unsportsmanlike conduct will be assessed
GAME PLAY
- Games are approximately 1 hour long
- Each half is 22 minutes total
- The last 30 seconds of each half are stop time
- The clock will not stop if either team is ahead by 17 points or more in the second half
- Games are rain or shine
- Games will be suspended if there is lightning
- A maximum of 7 players are allowed on the football field per team for any play
- A team may field no less than 5 players at any time; if not, the team can be disqualified
- One team will be given the choice to receive, or choice of side at the beginning of each half, depending on the coin toss before the game
- Each team has one timeout per half
- During the playoffs, if the game is tied at regulation, all games are decided by:
- Each team is given one possession beginning at the opposing team’s 25-yard line to determine a winner
- This will continue until a winner is decided. The teams will switch order of possessions after each round
- Kickoffs occur ONLY at the beginning of each half and during stop time of each half
- If a touchdown is scored at any point in the game, the opposing team will automatically begin with the ball on their own 25-yard line
- Kickoffs are made from the team’s own 25-yard line (where the first first down marker is)
- The ball must remain in the field of play on the kickoff. A penalty will be called if the ball goes out of play. The receiving team will be given the choice of the ball spotted at midfield or a re-kick 5-yards back
- The QB on the offensive play must call out something to begin each play (ex. HUT)
- The QB must be 5 yards behind the snapper
- NO fake punts allowed
- Must tell the referee if you are punting, of if you are going for it
- Only one defender may rush the punter as soon as the ball is snapped to the punter
- Players are allowed to be in motion, but must set their feet before the snap
- There are NO steamboats, there is a designated rusher
- The player must show to the referee that he is the rusher before the snap, by putting his hand up, on one side
- A secondary rusher can rush as well on any play by raising two hands, but must rush from the opposite side
- The rushers will rush from a bean bag 5 yards away from the line of scrimmage
- If a rusher (not the secondary rusher) is interfered with the path to the QB, then the offense will receive a 5-yard penalty, and a loss of down
- Any player can jump or spin, or a combination of both
- Guarding the flag is a 5-yard penalty, and the play will be blown dead where the penalty occurred
- There are NO fumbles
- A run can occur at any point
- An illegal forward pass past the line of scrimmage is a 5-yard penalty and a loss of down
- A catch occurs when a player catches the ball with 2 feet in bounds, and makes a football move
- If the player is going to the ground, he must maintain possession all the way through the process
- A pass interference penalty will be at the spot of the foul, and will be subject to an automatic first down
- NO blocking allowed. If a block occurs, there will be a 10-yard penalty from where the block occurred
SCORING
- A touchdown is worth 6 points
- After scoring a touchdown, teams must choose one of the following options:
- Receive a FREE extra point, or
- Attempt a 2 point conversion, which will be placed on the 10 yard line, and the team has one down to score into the end zone
- A safety is worth 2 points, and occurs where the offensive team carries the ball into their own end zone, and they are de-flagged/downed by any means while inside; or the offensive team commits a foul inside the end zone
