Current Season Reversal Percentage is 21.4%
Week 8 Has 12 Challenges, 1 reversal for Schools
Using AHSAA’s DVSport Instant Replay   
MONTGOMERY – A record 12 challenges were made in nine AHSAA varsity high school football contests using DVSport Instant Replay last week, said AHSAA Director of Officials Mark Jones. However, only one of the calls on the field were reversed, Jones reports. It came, however, in one of the most exciting finishes of a contest using Instant Replay since the program began.
     For the 2019 season, a 56 challenges have been issued by coaches with 12 calls overturned upon review, a 21.4% reversal rate.
    The reversed call last week came in the Hamilton vs. East Limestone contest in Class 5A, Region 7.    “With 45 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and Lawrence County trailing by 17-10, Hamilton intercepted a Lawrence County pass on third down-and-two from the 24-yard line,” Jones said “Lawrence County challenged that the play clock expired prior to the snap. The play clock was visible in the video review and the play clock and the replay review clearly showed that the time did expire prior to the snap.”
    Jones said the the result was that the interception was nullified, the delay penalty was enforced to bring up third down from the 29-yard line.
    “Lawrence County then completed a touchdown pass on the next play, which was challenged by Hamilton,” Jones said. “Upon review of that challenge, the touchdown stood as called. Hamilton then stopped Lawrence County on its two-point conversion attempt and won the game 17-16.”
      Other challenges involved a backward pass, fumbles, forward progress spots, completed passes and verifying the correct down.

    This week, six games will be utilizing the DVSport Instant Replay with five schools taking part for the first time this season.    DVSport Instant Replay is in its second year of implementation. The NFHS has granted the AHSAA a three-year period to experiment with instant replay in regular-season games.

   Jones reported that the Instant Replay reviews this fall have consisted of the following:

56 reviews with 12 reversals.  21.4%

• 19 on catch/no catch
• 20 fumbles
• 5 breaking plane of goal line (note 2 were also fumble reviews)
• 5 Forward progress
• 2 Touching of punt
• 1  Backward pass
• 1 Free kick traveling 10 yards
• 1 Illegal participation
• 1 Illegal forward pass
• 1 Penalty enforcement spot
• 1 Kick out of bounds
• 1 Play clock expiring

     A total of 62 schools have participated in AHSAA contests utilizing Instant Replay this season with six games scheduled for this week. New to the Instant Replay this week will be the following schools:  Fayette County, Gardendale, Guntersville, Talladega and Vigor.
         The complete list of games utilizing Instant Replay this week are listed below.
   

Week 9 Games with Instant Replay

• Central Phenix City at Auburn
• East Limestone at Guntersville
• Fayette County at Good Hope
• Gardendale at Oxford
• Talladega at Handley, Roanoke
• Vigor at Opelika

Saturday July 25, 2020

SCHOOLS IN GAMES WITH INSTANT REPLAY THIS SEASON (62)
Class 7A (17)
Auburn
Austin
Baker
Bob Jones
Central-Phenix City
Davidson
Fairhope
Foley
Gadsden City
Hoover
Huntsville
Jeff Davis
Mountain Brook
Murphy
Smiths Station
Thompson
Tuscaloosa County
Class 6A (18)
Athens
Benjamin Russell
Calera
Carver-Montgomery
Clay-Chalkville
Daphne
Dothan
Gulf Shores
Hartselle
Huffman
Minor
Opelika
Oxford
Park Crossing
Saraland
Sidney Lanier
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Wetumpka
Class 5A (13)
Arab
Ardmore
Brewer
Charles Henderson
Dora
East Limestone
Hamilton
Lawrence County
Madison County
Russellville
Scottsboro
Tallassee
Wilcox-Central
Class 4A (9)
Childersburg
Curry
Good Hope
Handley
Lincoln
Munford
Northside
Priceville
West Limestone
Class 3A (1)
Carbon Hill
Class 2A (1)
LaFayette
Class 1A (1)
Lanett
Out-of-State (2)
Callaway (GA)
New Smyrna Beach (FL)