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Think of it this way...any ball kicked through the other team's endzone is a point.  

 

Not true completely.  The ball has to be touched.

 

Actually, that's only during a kickoff that it needs to be touched.  Any other time it just needs to be kicked through the end zone.

 

"In Canadian football, a single (single point, or rouge), scoring one point, is awarded when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return, or kick, the ball out of its end zone. It is also a single if the kick travels through the end zone or goes out of bounds in the end zone without being touched, except on a kickoff. After conceding a single, the receiving team is awarded possession of the ball at the 35-yard line of its own end of the field.

Singles are not awarded in the following situations:

  • if a ball is downed in the end zone after being intercepted in the end zone
  • if a ball is fumbled outside the end zone
  • if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball)
  • when a kickoff goes into the end zone and then out of bounds without being touched

In all these cases the defending team is awarded possession of the ball at the 25-yard line."

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comment_47370

 

 

Think of it this way...any ball kicked through the other team's endzone is a point.  

 

Not true completely.  The ball has to be touched.

 

Actually, that's only during a kickoff that it needs to be touched.  Any other time it just needs to be kicked through the end zone.

 

"In Canadian football, a single (single point, or rouge), scoring one point, is awarded when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return, or kick, the ball out of its end zone. It is also a single if the kick travels through the end zone or goes out of bounds in the end zone without being touched, except on a kickoff. After conceding a single, the receiving team is awarded possession of the ball at the 35-yard line of its own end of the field.

Singles are not awarded in the following situations:

  • if a ball is downed in the end zone after being intercepted in the end zone
  • if a ball is fumbled outside the end zone
  • if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball)
  • when a kickoff goes into the end zone and then out of bounds without being touched

In all these cases the defending team is awarded possession of the ball at the 25-yard line."

 

 

I stand corrected. Shouldn't have left out, "on a kickoff"...

comment_47487

 

  • if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball)

 

This isn't 100% accurate.  It is true if the ball hits the uprights in the air.  If it bounces first, then hits the goal post, it is a live ball. 

 

I was sitting with a bunch of senior rules officials in the stands at the Canada Cup in Saskatoon in 2009 when this happened.  There was quite a discussion between the coaches and the game officials, as the coach was arguing that the ball was dead, but the game officials ruled it live and awarded a rouge when it was downed in the endzone.   The senior rules officials that I was with verified that the game officials got it right. 

comment_47528

 

 

  • if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball)

 

This isn't 100% accurate.  It is true if the ball hits the uprights in the air.  If it bounces first, then hits the goal post, it is a live ball. 

 

I was sitting with a bunch of senior rules officials in the stands at the Canada Cup in Saskatoon in 2009 when this happened.  There was quite a discussion between the coaches and the game officials, as the coach was arguing that the ball was dead, but the game officials ruled it live and awarded a rouge when it was downed in the endzone.   The senior rules officials that I was with verified that the game officials got it right. 

 

It's from wikipedia so take it for what it is.

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