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Timing
- The stadium game clock is official. In case it stops or is operating incorrectly, the Line Judge takes over the official timing on the field.
- Each period is 15 minutes. The intermission between the periods is two minutes. Halftime is 12 minutes, unless otherwise specified.
- On charged team time outs, the Field Judge starts watch and blows whistle after 1 minute 50 seconds, unless television does not utilize the time for commercial. In this case the length of the time out is reduced to 40 seconds.
- The Referee will allow necessary time to attend to an injured player, or repair a legal player’s equipment.
- Each team is allowed three time outs each half.
- Time between plays will be 40 seconds from the end of a given play until the snap of the ball for the next play, or a 25-second interval after certain administrative stoppages and game delays.
- Clock will start running when ball is snapped following all changes of team possession.
- With the exception of the last two minutes of the first half and the last five minutes of the second half, the game clock will be restarted following a kickoff return, a player going out of bounds on a play from scrimmage, or after declined penalties when appropriate on the referee’s signal.
- Consecutive team time outs can be taken by opposing teams but the length of the second time out will be reduced to 40 seconds.
- When, in the judgment of the Referee, the level of crowd noise prevents the offense from hearing its signals, he can institute a series of procedures which can result in a loss of team time outs or a five-yard penalty against the defensive team.
