Statistical Scoring Rules

SECTION 2 — TOTAL OFFENCE

Total offence represents the aggregate of all net gains from scrimmage and includes the following:
1. Net yards on rushing plays where the gains and losses are chargeable to individual players, See Section 3.
2. Net yards on passing plays, See Section 4.
3. Yardage losses chargeable against the team record but not against individual players, See Section 5.
Total plays from scrimmage consists of all plays where a team puts the ball into play by a scrimmage, including those nullified by penalty and including convert attempts.

THE OFFICIAL PLAYING RULES FOR THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2016

In searchable permalink form

Tips on Linking to the Rulebook
Table of Contents

CFLdb is in need of a copy of the CFL 2012 and 2014 Rulebook. If you can loan/provide an electronic copy/help, please reach out.

You are reading the 2016 version of the rulebook. Other available versions of this page are:

Please report any issues with the converted rulebook.

Credits

Converted to the web by CFLdb. An Adobe Acrobat PDF of the current version is available.

Publication Credits

Content compiled and entered by Glen Johnson, Jeff Harbin and Andre Proulx

The CFL Official Rule Book is published annually by the Canadian Football League. Any inquiries regarding the CFL Official Playing Rules may be directed to Darren Hackwood, Director of Officiating at dhackwood@cfl.ca. Any inquiries regarding CFL Statistical Scoring Rules may be directed to Steve Daniel, Director of Game Information and Head Statistician at sdaniel@cfl.ca.