 Touch Down (Both arms extended above head) |
 Safety (Palms together above head) |
First Down (Arm pointed towards defensive team's goal) |
Crowd Noise (One Arm above head with an open hand. With fist closed) Fourth Down |
 Personal foul (One wrist striking the other above head) |
 Ball illegally touched, kicked, or batted (Fingertips tap both shoulders) |
 Time out (Hands crisscrossed above head.) |
 No time out or time in with whistle (Full arm circled to simulate moving clock.) |
 Delay of game Or excess timeout (Folded arms.) |
 False start, illegal formation, or kickoff or safety kick out of bounds (Forearms rotated over and over in front of body.) |
 Holding (Grasping one wrist, the fist clenched, in front of chest.) |
 Illegal use of hands, arms, or body (Grasping one wrist, the hand open and facing forward, in front of chest.) |
 Penalty refused, incomplete pass, play over, or missed field goal or extra point (Hands shifted in horizontal plane.) |
 Pass juggled inbounds and caught out of bounds (Hands up and down in front of chest (following incomplete pass signal).) |
 Illegal forward pass (One hand waved behind back followed by loss of down signal.) |
 Intentional grounding of pass (Parallel arms waved in a diagonal plane across body. Followed by loss of down signal.) |
 Interference with forward pass or fair catch (Hands open and extended forward from shoulders with hands vertical.) |
 Invalid fair-catch signal (One hand waved above head.) |
 Ineligible receiver or ineligible member of kicking team downfield (Right hand touching top of cap.) |
 Illegal contact (One open hand extended forward.) |
 Offside, encroachment, or neutral zone infraction (Hands on hips.) |
 Illegal motion at snap (Horizontal arc with one hand.) |
 Loss of down (Both hands held behind head.) |
 Interlocking interference, pushing, or helping runner (Pushing movement of hands to front with arms downward.) |
 Unsportsmanlike conduct (Arms outstretched, palms down.) |
 Touching a forward pass or scrimmage kick (Diagonal motion of one hand across another.) |
 Illegal cut (Hand striking front of thigh.) |
 Illegal crackback (Strike of an open right hand against the right mid-thigh preceded by personal foul signal.) |
 Player disqualified (Ejection signal.) |
 Tripping (Repeated action of right foot in back of left heel.) |
 Uncatchable forward pass (Palm of right hand held parallel to ground above head and moved back and forth.) |
 Twelve men in offensive huddle or too many men on the field (Both hands on top of head.) |
 Face mask (Grasping face mask with one hand.) |
 Illegal shift (Horizontal arcs with two hands.) |
 Reset play clock - 25 seconds (Pump one arm vertically.) |
 Reset play clock - 40 seconds (Pump two arms vertically.) |
Roughing the Kicker (One wrist striking the other above head followed by swinging leg) |
Roughing the Passer (One wrist striking the other above head followed by raised arm swinging forward) |
Major Face Mask (One wrist striking the other above head followed by grasping face mask) |
Illegal block below the waist One hand striking front of thigh preceded by personal-foul signal.) |
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Chop block (Both hands striking side of thighs preceded by personal-foul signal.) |
Clipping (One hand striking back of calf preceded by personal-foul signal.) |