Can a player score 2 touchdowns on one play?

[JakeT.]

What does it go down in the books as if, say, McNabb tosses it to Lewis, then Lewis pitches it back and McNabb runs it in.

Does it count as a McNabb TD pass and a TD run? Or when the pitch happens does it turn his pass into a 10-yarder or whatever and he only gets credit for what happens next as a run?

Just wondering...

 

[5teamparlay]

YES HE CAN, Brad Johnson did this a few years back.

FFB counted 2 TD's on the play.

 

[Willie99]

In Johnson's case, it was a pass and a reception, since the ball was swatted back to him.

I guess the same would apply on a lateral.

 

[Biggamer3]

interesting question

 

[JakeT.]

I was just thinking about it during Monday's game and couldn't figure out an answer. For all the rules I feel like I have down to a tee, I didn't know this at all.

 

[SmallDaddy]

Fantasy footballwise Imo it would count as a rushing Td (because a lateral is not considered a pass, more like a handoff) and only once

 

[JakeT.]

Fantasy footballwise Imo it would count as a rushing Td (because a lateral is not considered a pass, more like a handoff) and only once

So does the pass end on the lateral and then become a run?

 

[Enfuego]

How would it be two TD's on one play? If he tosses it to Lewis and he crosses the goaline it's a TD. If he tosses it to him and he laterals it back it's a TD for Johnson not Lewis. For example:

This is the play by play when Manning tossed it to Gonzalez who then lateraled to Wayne:

P. Manning passed to A. Gonzalez to the left for 58 yard gain. lateral to R. Wayne for 17 yards

 

[PercocetThreat]

YES HE CAN, Brad Johnson did this a few years back.

FFB counted 2 TD's on the play.

Thats the only scenario I can think of where this would apply.

 

[fhmesq44]

Wayne was credited with receiving yards, which means Manning would have gotten a passing TD, so I guess you could have a passing and receiving TD by the same player on the same play.

 

[bullets]

Only way I see it happen is if a player passes the ball forward into the end zone, runs into the endzone to make the catch.

I used to do this all the time when I played one on one football with my brother in the back yard.

 

[JakeT.]

How would it be two TD's on one play? If he tosses it to Lewis and he crosses the goaline it's a TD. If he tosses it to him and he laterals it back it's a TD for Johnson not Lewis. For example:

This is the play by play when Manning tossed it to Gonzalez who then lateraled to Wayne:

P. Manning passed to A. Gonzalez to the left for 58 yard gain. lateral to R. Wayne for 17 yards

But does that count as a TD pass for Manning? What if the lateral went from Gonzo to Manning and Peyton took it in? That's where I'm confused. Does the lateral, at that point, make it a run and end the pass?

 

[fhmesq44]

But does that count as a TD pass for Manning? What if the lateral went from Gonzo to Manning and Peyton took it in? That's where I'm confused. Does the lateral, at that point, make it a run and end the pass?

Wayne was credited with receiving, not rushing, yardage, so it continued on as a pass.