A youth football team in Georgia was winning a game 32-0 when 8-year-old Elijah Burrell intercepted a pass. He then returned the pick for a touchdown – his first ever – giving Elijah and the Lawrenceville Black Knights a 38-0 lead.

Unfortunately, the rules of the league state that no team can exceed 33-points in the spirit of the mercy rule.

The penalty for violating the rule? A $500 fine for the team, and a one-week suspension for the coach.

“He had no idea. This is his first year,” Elijah’s mother Brooke Burdett told CBS 46. “This was his first touchdown. He is an 8-year-old boy making a pick-six.”

Another parent on the team said the adults on the sideline attempted to instruct Elijah to not score, but were unable.

“We were literally telling him stop,” Chando John said. “It’s hard having an 8-year-old in flight think of anything other than I need to make a touchdown.”

Officials at the Gwinnett Football League did not speak on the CBS 46 story, and For The Win’s request for comment was not immediately returned.