SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION - THE WEEKLY BULL FOR FLAG FOOTBALL – October 27, 2025
CIF Girls Flag Football Seeding –The seeding results and brackets have been posted onto the CIF website. Check out the outstanding match ups in every division.
Girls Flag Football Championship Bulletin – This informative document can be found on the CIF website at www.cifsds.org. Find the SPORTS drop down menu and select Girls Flag Football. Once you are on that flag football page look for Championship Bulletin.
Girls Flag Football Championship Schedules – Divisions 2 and 4 will be playing on Tuesdays, while Divisions 1, 3 and 5 will be playing on Wednesdays.
Flag Football Clock Operator Card The Clock Will Stop for Each of the Following: - 1) All penalties & administration 2) A new series is awarded - following a punt, turnover, etc. 3) A touchdown or safety is scored and during the extra point try 4) Any official's time out 5) The two-minute “warning” time out, once play as ended 6) Whenever a 1st down is awarded after the 2 min warning in either half 6) A forward pass is incomplete with less than 2 min remaining in either half. 7) A runner goes out of bounds with less than 2 min remaining in either half. The clock will restart if stopped on each snap and ANY TIME the referee, “white hat” official, gives the ‘wind the clock’ signal by circling is right arm.
Overtime
(A) A coin toss shall decide which team chooses first. The visiting team will call the toss. (B) The coin toss winner can choose to be on offense first, defense or select the end of the field that overtime will be played on. The loser of the toss shall exercise the remaining option for the first extra period and have the first choice of options for subsequent even-numbered extra periods. (C) Each team will receive one (1) timeout per extra period (offensive and defensive possession). Unused extra-period timeouts may not be carried over to other extra periods. Timeouts between periods shall be charged to the succeeding period. (D) Each extra period shall consist of a two-possession series, with each team putting the ball in play by snapping on the designated 20-yard line (unless relocated by penalty), which becomes the opponent’s 20-yard line. The line to gain is always the goal line, regardless of whether a penalty enforcement puts the ball more than 20 yards from the goal line to start a new series of downs. (E) Possession series: Each team retains the ball during a possession series until it scores or fails to reach the endzone. The ball remains alive after a change of team possession until it is declared dead. However, Team A may not have a first down if it regains possession after a change of team possession. (F) There shall be an equal number of possession series, as described in (f) above, in each extra period, unless Team B scores. (G) By the regulation play procedures, teams may attempt a 1-point or a 2 point try after a touchdown is scored. (H) Beginning in the 3rd and subsequent overtime periods, both teams must attempt a 2-point try after a successful score. (I) The game clock is not needed during extra periods. Regulation play procedures will keep the 25/40 second play clock in effect. (J) The ball is live after a turnover in overtime. Team B may return the ball for a touchdown. (K) Fouls During a Try or in Overtime After a Change of Team Possession: A score by a team committing a foul during the down is canceled. Exception: Live-ball fouls are treated as dead-ball fouls. (ii) If both teams foul during the down and the defensive team had not fouled before the change of possession, the fouls are canceled, and the down is not repeated. (iii) Penalties against either team are declined by rule. 1. Exception: Penalties for flagrant personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conduct fouls, dead ball personal fouls, and live-ball fouls treated as dead-ball fouls are enforced from the succeeding spot (20-yard line)
