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If an offensive player fumbles the ball, and a teammate of his picks it up and runs it into the endzone, how is it scored?

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If an offensive player fumbles the ball, and a teammate of his picks it up and runs it into the endzone, how is it scored?

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We will call this an “offensive fumble recovery TD”. EXAMPLE: In week 6 of 2003, Randy McMichael of Miami grabbed Obafemi Ayanbadejo’s (of Miami) fumble at the Jacksonville 2 and returned it 2 yards for a TD. We scored this as a 2-yard Offensive Fumble Recovery TD.