Today's Tidbit... Going Deep In The End Zone

From 1906 to 1911, forward passes crossing the goal line on the fly or a bounce resulted in a turnover. Looking to encourage forward passing, the 1912 rule-makers removed that restriction but had to make another change. Until 1912, football fields did not have end zones. The area behind the goal line, called "in touch," did not have a deep boundary, but the rule makers wanted to limit how far behind the goal line passes could be legally caught, so they added the end line ten yards behind the goa...