Today's Tidbit... Before There Was Pass Interference

It isn't easy to get things right on the first go-around, as shown when the forward pass became legal in 1906. The rules heavily restricted the forward pass, and the game lacked proven throwing, catching, and route-running techniques we now consider obvious. Also missing were rules concerning pass interference.

Pass interference went unmentioned in the 1906 rule book for three reasons. First, many anticipated the forward pass to look like what we consider the forward lateral, so perhaps they thou...