UNITED JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE RULES FOR GRADES 5TH-6th 2004 Effective 23 September 1999 I.H.S.A. RULES WILL APPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: 1.  GAMES WILL CONSIST OF 60 PLAYS PER GAME - 15 PER QUARTER. 2.  GAMES WILL START ON THE 30-YARD LINE.  THERE WILL BE NO KICKOFFS. 3.  THERE WILL BE AN OPTIONAL PUNT (BALL WILL BE DEAD WHERE RECEIVER TOUCHES BALL OR WHERE IT ROLLS DEAD).  NO RUSHING OF PUNTER ALLOWED.  LINE MUST STAY PUT AS TO ALLOW PUNT TO GET OFF.  LINES MUST STAY PUT UNTIL BALL IS WHISTLED DEAD (RECEIVER IS NOT TO BE TACKLED.  RECEIVER MUST NOT TRY TO RETURN PUNT).  IF OPTIONAL PUNT IS NOT USED, MOVE BALL 25 YARDS FROM LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  EVERY TEAM MUST PUNT AFTER THE THIRD GAME.  REFEREE WILL HAND BALL TO PUNTER, WHO MUST BE 5 TO 7 YARDS BEHIND LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. 4.  SCORING: TOUCHDOWN - 6 POINTS -- EXTRA POINT RUN - 1-- EXTRA POINT FORWARD PASS – 2 POINTS 5.  THERE WILL BE NO BLITZING OF THE LINEBACKERS BETWEEN OFFENSE GUARDS.  (First Offense=Warning, then 5 yard Penalty) 6.  DEFENSE MUST LINE HEADS UP IN A 6 MAN LINE - NO MAN OVER CENTER ALL LINEBACKERS AND DEFENSIVE BACKS (CORNERS) MUST LINE UP 3 YARDS FROM LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  (First Offense=Warning, then 5 yard Penalty) 7.  THERE WILL BE FREE SUBSTITUTION. 8.  THERE IS NO WEIGHT LIMIT. 9.  COACHES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE FIELD. 10.  EACH PLAYER MUST PLAY IN A GAME AT SOME POSITION. 11.  NO PLAYER THAT TURNS 13 YEARS OF AGE PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1ST OF THAT SEASON WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY. 12.  30 SECONDS IN HUDDLE FROM TIME BALL IS SET DOWN FOR PLAY- 5 YARD PENALTY. 13.  IF YOU ARE UP BY 3 TOUCHDOWNS YOU ARE TO PULL YOUR STARTING BACKFIELD.  YOU MAY REINSERT IF YOU ARE SCORED UPON. 14.  PUNT AND EXTRA POINTS DO NOT COUNT AS PLAYS. 15.  PENALTY WILL COUNT AS PLAY IF MARKED FROM THE POINT OF INFRACTION. (EXAMPLE: CLIPPING)        DOES NOT COUNT AS PLAY IF PENALTY IS MARKED FROM LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  (OFF SIDES)   16. USE OF INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE (TRASH TALK, CUSS WORDS, ETC) WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC 15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE ORIGINAL SPOT OF THE BALL WITH THE OFFENDING PLAYER BEING REMOVED FROM THE GAME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE QUARTER.   MOST OF ALL, REMEMBER THAT WE ARE IN THE UNITED JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE TO TEACH THE KIDS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME OF FOOTBALL