About NFL Touchdown Rules
Many people call the touchdown the most exciting play in sports. Rules for the NFL touchdown have remained mostly consistent through the years, but recent rule changes as well as innovations to help determine whether a play is ruled a touchdown have redefined the NFL's main score a bit.
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Scoring a Touchdown
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To score a touchdown, a player has to have complete control of the football, and the tip of the ball must cross the end zone goal line. A player landing out of bounds can still score a touchdown if the ball breaks the plane of the goal line before he lands.
What Is In Bounds?
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In the NFL, a player receiving the ball in the end zone must have complete control of the ball and get both feet down in bounds for it to be a legal touchdown.
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Scoring
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A touchdown is worth 6 points. After a touchdown is scored, the offense has the option to kick an extra point or attempt a 2-point conversion. However, the touchdown itself is always worth 6 points.
Rule Change
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Force-outs are no longer called in the NFL. This means that if a defensive player pushes or hits a player in the air, causing him to land out of bounds, the result of the play is an incomplete pass.
Instant Replays
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All touchdowns are reviewable plays. In the final 2 minutes, the booth has to request a challenge, otherwise each team's coach gets two challenges. In either case, indisputable visual evidence has to be seen to overturn the call on the field.
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