This is not how you run out the clock in a football game.

Spanish Fork (Utah) High School was leading Maple Mountain (Utah) High School by three points in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter. They had the ball on fourth down, and instead of punting it away, they decided to snap it to the quarterback and let him run out the clock.

All he had to do was run for 3 seconds and then fall down. All he had to do was not fumble.

He fumbled.

It’s not clear if he was stripped or just dropped the football, but whatever happened, Maple Mountain recovered and handed Spanish Fork an absolutely demoralizing loss.

(Thanks to The Big Lead for sharing.)