Safety on Holding Penalty in Own Endzone

[olinecoach]

With the new enforcement rules of spot of foul vs LOS, is it still possible to have a safety occur when a holding penalty on the offense occurs in the endzone?

Example: Team A has the ball on their own 2 yard line. As they drop back to pass, the left tackle ends up in the endzone and holds team B. Because this foul would be enforced from the line of scrimmage and not spot of foul now, would it still result in a safety or would it be half the distance and replay the down?

[Bobref]

2 hours ago, olinecoach said:

With the new enforcement rules of spot of foul vs LOS, is it still possible to have a safety occur when a holding penalty on the offense occurs in the endzone?

Example: Team A has the ball on their own 2 yard line. As they drop back to pass, the left tackle ends up in the endzone and holds team B. Because this foul would be enforced from the line of scrimmage and not spot of foul now, would it still result in a safety or would it be half the distance and replay the down?

The short answer to your question is that the new rule has not changed the spot of enforcement on a foul in your own end zone. Still a safety.

[olinecoach]

1 hour ago, Bobref said:

The short answer to your question is that the new rule has not changed the spot of enforcement on a foul in your own end zone. Still a safety.

Got it, thanks!!