Trying to get to the bottom of this....have heard different answers. Anyone know for sure??

I thought it was 6 per week (meaning all levels of HS football), but it appears I am mistaken.


This is all I found in the OHSAA regulations

1.4) PLAYER LIMITATIONS
A. 9th-12th grade student is limited to playing:
1) A maximum of four quarters in one day.
2) A maximum of 40 quarters per season.

(Penalty — See Sports Regulations)

Any player who participates in two or more successive downs in any quarter
shall be charged with one quarter of play.

1.41) Any player who participates in one or more downs in one quarter shall be
charged with one quarter of play, except those downs in which the offensive
team is in a scrimmage kick formation as defined in National Federation
Football Rule 2-13-2.

http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/rglts/FT10-11.pdf

Just stumbled onto this...Don't worry Mr. 300 your kid who is playing JV as a Senior won't have to worry about getting in two Qtrs on Fridays.

40 quarters per regular season is correct. I think it's changed since I played. I think we were able to play 6 quarters per week, but not sure what the season limit was.

Does anyone really pay attention to this? Who is really keeping track of how many quarters a kid plays?

From personal experience (in 1985 and the rules may have been different).... I was a starting WR for varsity as a junior. Due to injuries and a general lack of depth my coach decided I needed to learn to play safety (had never played there before in my life). My coach had me play JV for two and a half games (wearing a different jersey) at safety after having started at WR in the varsity game. Of course I wasn't supposed to play WR in the JV game but when we got behind, the JV coaches put me in the game and called plays to get me the ball. I had two TDs in one JV game and as we went through the line shaking hands a coach for the other team (who happened to be my grandmother's next door neighbor) said "nice gameS...." and winked.

By the end of the season I was the starting safety (and a part time WR) and I led the team in INTs so I guess it worked!

Yes, many do pay attention.

Walt;462094 wrote: By the end of the season I was the starting safety (and a part time WR) and I led the team in INTs so I guess it worked!

MAN YOU WERE SO GOOD WE WERE ALL PROUD