the ball goes to the 40 - yard line after a touchback.
where does the ball go after a touchback?
40 - yard line
illinois received the opening kickoff, but quickly relinquished the ball after their driving stalling largely because of a sack by anthony zettel. penn state, with great field position thanks to a short punt due to wind, moved into the red zone, and on a third down play, christian hackenberg threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to chris godwin. illinois went three-and-out on its next drive, and penn state again moved into the red zone thanks to a 32-yard run by defensive lineman brad bars on a fake punt, but was forced to settle for a field goal attempt; chris gulla, the holder, bobbled the snap, and sam ficken was unable to kick the ball, so penn state had to turn the ball over on downs. subsequently, the teams exchanged punts, and at the end of the first quarter, penn state led 7–0. after three more punts, penn state's drive ended when akeel lynch lost a fumble. in the waning moments of the first half, after being helped by a penn state offsides penalty on fourth down, illinois drove down the field, and scored a touchdown via a 1-yard pass from reilly o'toole to matt lacosse. the score was tied at seven at halftime. the first kickoff of the second half went high into the wind, and was effectively an onside kick, insofar as illinois recovered the kick and thus gained possession. they made a field goal thereafter to take a three-point lead. at the end of the quarter, penn state had the ball and was approaching midfield. in the first two minutes of the quarter, lynch broke a 47-yard rush for a touchdown, giving penn state a four-point lead. on illinois' ensuing drive, they converted a fourth down, and attempted a 25-yard field goal to make it a one-point penn state lead. subsequently, penn state punted, giving illinois the ball with 6:15 remaining. illinois moved down field into the periphery of field goal range, and reisner missed a 50-yard field goal with just under 3:30 remaining. with 1:53 to play, pasquariello punted the ball, and illinois took possession at their own 27 yard line with 1:48 to play and two timeouts. after just two plays, illinois was already down to penn state's 30 yard line, and on the next play, they ran down to the 14 yard line. with 13 seconds, reisner came onto the field to attempt a 36-yard field goal, which he eked inside the upright to take a 16–14 lead with eight seconds left. after a touchback, penn state, without any timeouts, took over at their own 25 yard line; they did not score, and illinois picked up their second conference win of the season.
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prior to the start of a game, a coin toss determines which team will kick off the ball to their opponent. each team lines up on opposite halves of the field, with a minimum ten yards of space between them for the kickoff. the team receiving the ball can make a fair catch (which stops the play immediately), catch the ball and run it back until the ball carrier is tackled, or, if the ball is kicked out of bounds, let the ball go dead on its own (the last case usually happens when the ball is kicked all the way into or through the opponent's end zone, resulting in a touchback and the ball being brought several yards out of the end zone to begin play). a kicking team can, under special circumstances, attempt to recover its own kick, but the rules of the game make it very difficult to do so reliably, and so this tactic is usually only used as a surprise or desperation maneuver.
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