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What is the ruling on a blocked punt that does not get to the line of scrimmage but is muffed by the recieving team and recovered by the kicking team. The original line of scrimmage was the 32 but we had backed them up to the 22 so it was 4th and 20. The punter was 12 yards back on the 10. The punt was blocked, our player muffed the ball on the 16 and it was recovered by the puntin team on the 16.

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Thanks for the question.  I believe you are asking about the kicking team's right to advance a scrimmage kick behind thee line of scrimmage -LOS.

So the LOS is the A22 yardline and the line to gain was the A42. There is a scrimmage kick that fails to go beyond the LOS/NZ. Therefore anyone can advance it.  The ball remains alive since it did not cross the NZ.

The ball was recovered and I presume down at the A16.  Since the kicking team did not achieve their line to came the ball turns over to the receiving team at the 16 yardline.

1st & 10 from the 16 yardline for the Receiving team.

B's Ball 1st & 10 from the B-16 yardline clock starts on the ready for play.

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