Touchback or Safety???

[NNDman]

Here's how this looked to me. A's ball at B's 30. A's QB throws a pass along the sideline with B's defender having inside positioning with the receiver running stride for stride. B's defender catches the ball around the 4 or 5 and continues into the end zone and then out of the end zone along the sideline.

 

[White hat]

Neither. B's ball at the spot of the interception.

This is the rarely-sighted beast known as the momentum exception. If a defensive player intercepts the ball, or a kick receiver catches the ball, between his own goal line and the 5, and his original momentum (direction) takes him into the endzone where the play ends, the ball is placed at the spot where possession changed.

EDIT: If he intercepted outside the five-yard stripe, he better get it out of the endzone because it will be a safety if the play ends there.
This post was edited on 10/23 11:27 PM by White hat

 

[NNDman]

Thanks. It was a called a touchback and I'm certain he caught the ball in the field of play and not in the end zone.

 

[White hat]

To be a touchback, the defender would have had to bobble the ball and not be in possession until he was in the endzone.