12 Best Football Referee Bloopers (video)
Getting in the way, making tackles and messing up calls is the life of a football ref.
By: Braden Gall | 11/2/11, 3:43 PM EDT
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"Giving Him the Business"
1 of 15During this Maryland-NC State game, the referee decides to improvise and deviates just a bit from the official rule book. "Unnecessary roughness" or "late hit" or "unsportsmanlike conduct" normally work quite well.
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Vikings Player Runs Over Ref
2 of 15Percy Harvin is in the process of returning this kickoff for a touchdown, but one of his lead blockers wanted to make sure that no one would touch his return man.
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Stephen Garcia gets tackled by ref
3 of 15Stephen Garcia was kicked off the South Carolina football team early in the 2011 season. Off-the-field issues aside, this is one reason he is no longer a Gamecock.
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T.J. Duckett trucks a referee
4 of 15Old Michigan State Spartan workhorse running back TJ Duckett rumbles through the enitre defense - and referee crew to boot.
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Penalty on everyone but the center
5 of 15This referee has way too many options and decides that they have all cheated. So he penalizes pretty much everyone - except the center of course.
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NFL Ref crushes rams running back
6 of 15Sign him up! This ref throws a right elbow while tackling the Rams' Ken Darby. There are plenty of NFL teams that could use another quality tackler.
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Athlon Sports has compiled the best referee bloopers, hits, tackles, penalties and slip-ups.
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There is no "FLAG" for illegal formation
8 of 15This referee is trying to say that there is "no FLAG on the play for illegal formation, but it definitely does not come out right.
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Ref gets face-planted by Bills player
9 of 15This ref ends up with a bloodied face after a Bills defender goes through him to get to the football. The poor zebra ends up landing right on his face.
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Ed Hochuli can't get the call right
10 of 15One of the better refs in the game, Hochuli slips-up as he tries to call offsides on the defense. The announcers find it easy to make fun of the stocky official since he isn't anywhere near the booth, of course.
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Ref hits lions player in the head
11 of 15As the official catches the football to spot the next play, he reaches out and accidentally smacks a Lions player right in the helmet.
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Taking out the coach
12 of 15During this FSU-Wake Forest game last month, the ref knocks out the FSU coach as he pursues the play along the sidelines.
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Athlon Sports has compiled the best referee bloopers, hits, tackles, penalties and slip-ups.
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One Confused Ref
14 of 15This ref starts to explain the call, then realizes he has no idea what he's talking about. After a brief conference with fellow refs, he returns just as confused.
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