Football stats question

Hook-and-lateral play.
Ball's at the 33-yard line, receiver catches it at the 25, laterals to the back at the 25, back runs for TD.
Here's how I handled it (and, please, tell me if this is correct or not): Gave the receiver the catch for eight yards, the QB credit for an 8-yard completion; gave the back a 25-yard TD run. QB gets no credit for a TD pass.
Anyone?

 

It's incorrect.

 

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/61673/

 

QB gets a completion, 33 yards and a TD.

First receiver gets one reception for eight yards.

The back gets 25 receiving yards and a TD, but no reception. (So yes, if it was his only catch of the game, the box reads Smalltown back 0-25.

 

Hank is right on.

1000, you may want to download this. It's the NCAA statistician's manual. HS football uses almost all the same rules, and the stat-keeping rules don't change. It's probably more than you want to carry to a game, but if you ever need to look something up, it's good to have. And if you ever have a slow day (because those happen in the fall...) you can just read the thing.

If, you know, you're a stats dork like I am.

http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/2008%20Football%20Stats%20Manual0735b1a6-35ca-42fb-bbaa-fecadc30f9dd.pdf

 

"Hook and Ladder"

 

Oh boy.

 

That never makes sense to me. The receiver's route is a hook. I get that. But what is the "ladder?" Is that what the guy who takes the lateral is doing? I've never heard of a "ladder" route.

Hook-and-lateral is a much more accurate description.

 

I always assumed someone heard lateral wrong and started calling it ladder.

 

WRONG!

Hook and lateral.

Receiver runs a hook route and LATERALS to trailer.

apeman and Jake got it right.

BillyT is a looser.

 

Thanks for all your responses. I'll make the change to the stats from last week's game. And thanks for the link to the stats manual deskslave. I appreciate it.