[BLUE21HENS09]

Please explain a backward pass. was at game friday and what I thought was a backward pass and a live ball was ruled an incomplete pass.

[North/Side]

A backward pass is a lateral basically. The ball must travel behind the person throwing the lateral for it to be considered a backward pass.

In that case, the official most likely determined that the ball went forward, not backward.

[USA70PP]

Had it happen again Friday night. Backward pass dropped and the receiver picked it up and ran for a good gain. Defense stopped playing because they thought it was an incomplete pass.
Know the rules and play to the whistle.

[FBUmp]

Originally Posted by BLUE21HENS09

Please explain a backward pass. was at game friday and what I thought was a backward pass and a live ball was ruled an incomplete pass.

A backwards pass is any pass that is not forward. If the pass is parallel to the LOS or backwards, it is a backwards pass.

As for the play you saw, evidently the officials disagreed with you.

Originally Posted by North/Side

A backward pass is a lateral basically. The ball must travel behind the person throwing the lateral for it to be considered a backward pass,

There's no such thing as "a lateral."

[bigdogg]

ART. 5 . . . A backward pass is a pass thrown with its initial direction parallel with or toward the runner's end line.