ARTICLE 1.A ball carrier may hand or pass the ball backward at any time, except to throw the ball intentionally out of bounds to conserve time.
PENALTY—Five yards from the spot of the foul; also loss of down if by Team A before team possession changes during a scrimmage down [S35 and S9].
Approved Ruling 3-4-3 III. After the Two-Minute Timeout in the 2nd quarter and the clock running, Team B has no timeouts remaining. Ball carrier A12 throws a backward pass out of bounds from behind or beyond the neutral zone short of the line to gain to conserve time. RULING: Penalty—Five yards from the spot of the foul and loss of down. Because this play occurred after the Two-Minute Timeout, this foul comes under the 10-second runoff rule (Rule 3-4-4).
