Touch Down
(Both arms extended
above head)
Ball illegally
touched, kicked, or
batted
(Fingertips tap both
shoulders)
Safety
First Down
(Palms together above (Arm pointed towards
head)
defensive team's goal)
Time out
(Hands crisscrossed
above head.)
No time out or
time in with
whistle
(Full arm circled to
simulate moving
clock.)
Penalty refused,
Illegal use of
incomplete pass,
hands, arms, or
Holding
play over, or
body
(Grasping one wrist, the
fist clenched, in front of (Grasping one wrist, the missed field goal
hand open and facing
or extra point
chest.)
forward, in front of
(Hands shifted in
chest.)
horizontal plane.)
Crowd Noise
(One Arm above
Personal foul
head with an open
(One wrist striking the other above
hand. With fist
head)
closed) Fourth
Down
Delay of game
Or excess
timeout
(Folded arms.)
False start, illegal
formation, or kickoff or
safety kick out of bounds
(Forearms rotated over and over
in front of body.)
Pass juggled
inbounds and
caught out of
bounds
(Hands up and
down in front of
chest (following
incomplete pass
signal).)
Illegal forward pass
(One hand waved behind back
followed by loss of down signal.)
Interference with
Intentional
forward pass or
grounding of pass
fair catch
(Parallel arms waved in
(Hands open and
a diagonal plane across
body. Followed by loss extended forward from
shoulders with hands
of down signal.)
vertical.)
Offside,
Illegal motion at
encroachment, or
snap
neutral zone
(Horizontal arc with one
infraction
hand.)
(Hands on hips.)
Touching a forward
pass or scrimmage
Illegal cut
(Hand striking front of
kick
thigh.)
(Diagonal motion of one
hand across another.)
Ineligible
receiver or
Invalid fair-catch
ineligible
signal
member of
(One hand waved
kicking team
above head.)
downfield
(Right hand
touching top of cap.)
Loss of down
(Both hands held
behind head.)
Illegal crackback
(Strike of an open right
hand against the right
mid-thigh preceded by
personal foul signal.)
Illegal contact
(One open hand extended
forward.)
Interlocking
interference,
pushing, or
Unsportsmanlike conduct
helping runner
(Pushing movement (Arms outstretched, palms down.)
of hands to front
with arms
downward.)
Player
disqualified
(Ejection signal.)
Tripping
(Repeated action of right foot in
back of left heel.)
Twelve men in
Uncatchable
offensive huddle or
forward pass
(Palm of right hand held too many men on
parallel to ground
the field
above head and moved (Both hands on top of
back and forth.)
head.)
Reset play clock 40 seconds
(Pump two arms
vertically.)
Roughing the
Kicker
(One wrist striking the
other above head
followed by swinging
leg)
Chop block
Clipping
(Both hands striking (One hand striking back
side of thighs preceded
of calf preceded by
by personal-foul signal.) personal-foul signal.)
Face mask
Illegalshift
(Grasping face mask (Horizontal arcs with
with one hand.)
two hands.)
Reset play clock - 25
seconds
(Pump one arm vertically.)
Roughing the
Major Face
Illegal block below the
Passer
Mask
waist
(One wrist striking the (One wrist striking
other above head
the other above
(One hand striking front of thigh
followed by raised arm head followed by preceded by personal-foul signal.)
swinging forward)
grasping face mask)