[Husker] Touchdown = first down?

[Steven]

Nope...just a TD

On 10/20/2012 3:52 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:
>> is a touchdown (if it's over 10 yards?) also a first down?
>>
>> Somehow this doesn't seem correct.
>   From the NCAA Football Statistician's Manual:
>
> SECTION 1âEUR"FIRST DOWNS
> Article 1. A first down shall be recorded whenever the yardsticks
> are ordered forward and/or when a touchdown is scored from scrimmage
> (rushing or passing) within a series of downs starting from 10
> yards or more from the goal line, or when a dead-ball foul results in
> an automatic first down (see Section 1, Article 6).
>
> See web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/Stats_Manuals/Football/2011ez.pdf
> --
> Mike Nolan
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