[Husker] Touchdown = first down?

[Mike Nolan]

You must read the language 'A first down shall be recorded...' differently 
than I do.  
--
Mike Nolan

> 
> 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 1=E2EUR"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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