Today's Tidbit… IFA Rule #31 Into Touch

This is #31 in a series covering football's original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each Friday.

Rule #31 is straightforward but prepares us for Rule #31, which is among the longest and most complicated of the 61 IFA rules.

Rule 31: Touch. If a ball goes into touch, the first player on his side who touches it down must bring it to the spot where it crossed the touch-line; or if a player when running with the ball cross or put any part of ei...