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Rule 54 - Football

54-6 Special Pre-Season Events
a. During the pre-season a School:
(1.) may participate in One (1) Varsity football Controlled Scrimmage or in Two (2) quarters
of One (1) Varsity football Jamboree, or
(2.) may participate in One (1) Sub-Varsity Controlled Scrimmage
b. Controlled Scrimmages.
A School may participate in One (1) Controlled Scrimmage with another IHSAA Member
School no earlier than the day following the Fifth (5th) day of Practice and prior to the First
(1st) scheduled Season Contest (see definition of Controlled Scrimmage).
c. Jamboree. A School’s Varsity football Jamboree can be played on Saturday of Week 6.
Each School shall be limited to playing no more than Two (2) quarters. The number of
plays in which a School can participate in a Jamboree is limited.
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The last date for ninth grade and reserve football is Thursday, Week 16.
Q & A
Football - Generally
Q. 54-1 When must attendance at a Summer School-sponsored football Camp/Clinic
end for football players?
A. Attendance must be terminated prior to Monday of Week 5. (rule 15-3.2(g))
Quarters
Q. 54-2 When a player participates in more than the allowed number of football quarters
on successive days or during a week, what action is required?
A. A violation of the maximum contest rule requires that the School to forfeit the
game in which the player exceeded the limit, charge the player with each
quarter of participation, and send a written report to the Commissioner. (rule
3-9.5)
Q. 54-3 Is a football player charged with a quarter of participation if the student
participates in a Varsity kicking down?
A. No, a student participating just in a Varsity kicking downs (kickoff s, kickoff
returns, punts, punt returns, fi eld goals, and kicked extra points) during a
quarter will not have the quarter count under the maximum quarter rule, rule
54-3.1.
Q. 54-4 What is the maximum number of season quarters in which a football player
may participate during one week?
A. Maximum weekly season quarter participation is as follows:
Varsity Sub-varsity
4 0
3 2
2 4
1 4
0 5
Q. 54-5 When counting quarters of participation for a football player, which day of the
week is the beginning of the week?
A. When counting the weekly quarters of participation for a football player, the
football week starts on a Friday and runs through the following Thursday.
Overtimes
Q. 54-6 How many overtimes may be played in a non-varsity level Contest?
A. All teams below the Varsity level are limited to no more than Two (2) overtimes.
(rule 54-3.4)
Practices
Q. 54-7 During the IHSAA pre-season Practice period in August may a student who is
practicing with his/her high school football team play in a non-school sponsored
baseball tournament?
A. Yes, under IHSAA rule 15 a student who is participating in one sport (e.g.,
football) during the School Year may participate in another sport (e.g., baseball)
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