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Depends on whether or not the clock was running at the time of the penalty. iirc, the runoff is not enforced if the clock was stopped. Also, it depends on whether the refs properly enforced the rule :-)
Zzyzx11(Talk)18:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Butler's late kick shouldn't have counted. With 21 seconds left in the second quarter, McMahon had scrambled to the New England 3. With the clock running out, Hilgenberg snapped the ball before referee Red Cashion had put it back into play. While the Bears were penalized for delay of game, NFL rules dictate that such a deliberate clock-stopping attempt in the final 2 minutes calls for a 10-second runoff from the clock. That would have left Chicago with no time to kick the field goal.