[Husker] penalties in the red zone

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I believe that the penalty can never be assessed more than half the  distance 
to the goal.  So a personal foul at the 28yd line would move the  ball to the 
14.  Encroachment at the 6 would move the ball to the 3.   Personal foul at 
the 16 would place the ball at the 8.  One of the  exceptions to this would be 
pass interference in the endzone, which gives the  offense an automatic 1st 
down at the 1 - doesn't matter if  original line of scrimmage was at the 40. 
 
 
 
jocar26 at cox.net writes:

I have a  question about the rules in football brought on by watching the 
Colts vs  the Steelers.

The Colts had the ball 3rd and goal on the 1 yard line  (or 
thereabouts).  An offensive lineman moved and the ball
was  moved back 5 yards.  So far so good.  Then a Steelers player was  
called for encroachment.  Instead of moving the
ball back to the 1  (a 5 yard penalty), they moved it halfway to the 
goal.  I always  thought that a penalty that would cause
the ball across the goal line  either way was moved halfway to the goal 
line.  If the penalty  doesn't move the ball across the
goal line then the full penalty is  inacted. 
For example this is what I thought the rules  were:

Offense is on the defenses 7 yard line.   Defense has  an offside 
penalty.  The ball goes to the  2.
Offense is on the defenses 4 yard line.  Defense is  offside. The 
ball goes to the 2.
Offense is on the  offenses 8 yard line and they commit a personal 
foul.  The ball goes  to the 4 yard  line.
Offense is on the offenses 16  yard line and commits a personal 
foul  Since the penalty doesn't  cause the
ball to go across the goal line, then it should go to the  one.

Can someone expalin where my thinking is  wrong?

Thanks

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