This DIII team had to kickoff from the receiving team’s 10-yard line

Welp, this is the weirdest play I’ve seen in a while. During a Division III game between Salisbury University and Ithaca College, Salisbury kicked off from Ithaca’s 10-yard line:

After the kickoff that was recovered inside the two-yard line, Ithaca somehow was able to march 98 yards... only to not score! Ithaca’s game recap has more:

A bizarre string of calls spotted the ensuing kick-off for Salisbury at the Ithaca 10, which set up an onside kick option. Ithaca recovered at the 2-yard line to set up a grueling attempt to march 98 yards for a potential score.

The Bombers were up to the task, however, as they marched 15 plays down to the Salisbury 1-yard line. On 4th-and-goal at the 1, Ithaca was called for a false start and had to bring the field goal unit onto the field, but would end up missing the 23-yard attempt to keep the score at 17-7 in favor of the Sea Gulls.

Ithaca ended up winning the game by 10 points to improve to 8-3 on the season.

We’ve seen a similar play like the one above before, during a game between Eastern Michigan and Charlotte last year. The Eagles had to kick the ball off from the opposing 20 yard line.

Charlotte earned three unsportsmanlike conduct penalties after an Eastern Michigan touchdown. Most of the time, if you commit multiple fouls, the opposition can only accept one — a pass interference is 15 yards, but if you commit offsides on the same play you commit pass interference, the five-yard offside penalty isn’t tacked on.

But with personal fouls, like unsportsmanlike conduct calls, each foul counts. So three unsportsmanlike conduct fouls is 45 yards of penalties, moving the kick from EMU’s 35-yard line to the opposing 20.

Maybe we’ll see more weird kickoffs like this in the future.