About Steve Expertise I can answer both college and pro football questions with some skill, although I am a little better on the pro game. My top areas of knowledge would be firsts, records and team leaders.
Experience For the last three years, I have run a weekly trivia game on AOL for some of the top trivia players in the country. I am also one of the groups' top players.
Question Can you tell me if a muff punt can be returned by the original kicking team in College football...
I believe in high school footbal the kicking team CAN NOT return the muff punt.... they only get possession....
In pro football.. nfl .... i believe the kicking team CAN return a muff punt.... ????
Please give me your input -- thank you
Kenny
Answer Hi Kenneth,
I'm sorry that I took a couple of days to get back to you but rules questions are often complicated to begin with and both the NFL and NCAA rulebooks can be very difficult to understand. Here is what I found out. In college a muffed punt may not be advanced by the kicking team. However, a blocked punt that does not go past the neutral zone (three yards beyond the line of scrimmage) may be advanced by either team that recovers the kick. Below is a link to the NCAA rulebook. It takes a long time to load but it all sorts of info.
