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Wouldn’t a muffed punt just make it a live ball? And then it is like any other fumble?So a muffed punt is on the ground.
Player from kicking team has it deflect off of him into the end zone.
Receiving team recovers and is down.
Touchback?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen it. So asking for information purposes.
The kicking team trying to recover it and botches it into the end zone (which would be backward for the receiving team since you can’t fumble forward). Receiving team dives on the live ball in the end zone, so it is a touchback.
Isn’t this the same thing on kickoffs where if the receiving team doesn’t field it clean and it goes into the end zone, they can still take a knee for a touchback?