NCAA panel approves recommendation to continue stopping clock for first downs in Division III
1 year, 9 months ago

NCAA panel approves recommendation to continue stopping clock for first downs in Division III

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The game clock will continue to stop for first downs in Division III for at least another year after the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Committee approved a recommendation from the Football Rules Committee on Thursday. The biggest college football rule change for this season in the other divisions will have the game clock continuing to run when a first down is gained except in the last two minutes of either half. National supervisor of officials Steve Shaw said Division III administrators and coaches want to see how the new rule affects games in the upper divisions. There were an average of 172 plays per game in Division III last season compared with 178 in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

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