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There are a lot of different signals that football officials use in the game. It can get confusing. This is a list of the different football referee hand signals and what they mean. The specific rules below are described in more detail on other pages (see links at bottom of page).


Football Official
Violations Signals

Holding
Holding or illegal use of hands


Offside signal in football
Offside or encroachment

False start by the offense
False start by the offense

Clipping
Clipping

Illegal motion

Personal foul
Personal Foul

Roughing the passer
Roughing the Passer
Delay of Game signal in football
Delay of game

Facemask
Facemask

Intentional grounding
Intentional grounding
by the quarterback

Illegal block in the back
Illegal block in the back

Pass interference signal
Pass interference

Roughing the kicker
Roughing the kicker

Unsportsmanlike conduct
Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Referee Football Scoring Signals
Touchdown signal
Touchdown,
field goal,
or extra point scored

Safety hand signal
Safety scored

Other Referee Signals
First Down
First Down

30 Second Time out
30 Second Time out
(also illegal touching)



* referee signal pictures from the NFHS

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