The Southeastern Conference has released a statement confirming its officials made an error regarding Tennessee‘s late onside kick vs. Texas in Week 4.
Tennessee successfully converted a drop-kick and retained possession with just over a minute to go in the game on Saturday against the Longhorns. However, by rule, that kick should have been ruled illegal.
Here’s an excerpt from the statement:
The onside kick with 1:22 to play in the Texas at Tennessee football game on Saturday was incorrectly officiated and should have resulted in a five-yard penalty on Tennessee and a replay of the down.
A drop kick is permissible, but a free kick must be made from the kicking team’s restraining line which is the 35-yard line on a kickoff, unless relocated by penalty. The ball was at least one yard behond the 35-yard line when it was kicked.
In addition, after the ball is ready for play the kicker may not change his lateral position between the hash marks. The spot can change only after a charged timeout or a subsequent kick. The kicker’s movement after the ready signal violated the rule.
Fortunately for the league office, this mistake did not have an impact on the outcome of the game. Tennessee’s offense was unable to progress the ball into field goal range and Texas won 20-17.
Here’s a replay of the kick:
Very cool onside kick design from Tennessee with the late shift, the dropkick and the wobbling, spinning kickpic.twitter.com/F1qUkeRVor
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