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Greatest FG of all time???? - Stanfordindians1again - 10-14-2021

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Could be :)

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - PVTree - 10-14-2021

2 birds with one stone :)

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - thatboy - 10-14-2021

That should be worth a lot more than 3 points.

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - Phogge - 10-14-2021

Greatest Stanford FG... Rod Garcia vs Michigan 1/1/72.
Worst Stanford FG... Williamson Fiesta Bowl.

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - BostonCard - 10-14-2021

I'm pretty partial to this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvc0hVm8IG4

And this one:

https://youtu.be/HEkXwQ_CmGw?t=481

BC

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - 81alum - 10-14-2021

Stanford vs. UCLA 1979.  John Elway and Vincent White provided most of the offense, but the game was tied three times.  With six seconds left, Ken Naber attempted a 56 yard field goal.  It hit the left upright a few inches above the cross bar, and toppled over for the win, 27-24.  I can see the whole flight of that kick in my mind's eye as if I were still in my student seat in the old stadium.

That kick may have been less significant because the game was less significant than some of kicks mentioned earlier.  But the kick itself was the most dramatic of them all, taking account of the distance, the hang time, the hit on the upright, and the fortunate fall.

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - StanfordIndians1. - 10-14-2021

Agreed! StanU FG”s are much better! Thx BC

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - BostonCard - 10-14-2021

Nothing better than that shot of the stunned Cal fans at the 10:06 mark.

BC

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - Brickcity - 10-15-2021

(10-14-2021, 10:52 PM)81alum Wrote:  Stanford vs. UCLA 1979.  John Elway and Vincent White provided most of the offense, but the game was tied three times.  With six seconds left, Ken Naber attempted a 56 yard field goal.  It hit the left upright a few inches above the cross bar, and toppled over for the win, 27-24.  I can see the whole flight of that kick in my mind's eye as if I were still in my student seat in the old stadium.

That kick may have been less significant because the game was less significant than some of kicks mentioned earlier.  But the kick itself was the most dramatic of them all, taking account of the distance, the hang time, the hit on the upright, and the fortunate fall.

I was in sixth grade and a family down our block who had season tickets took me to that game. I was standing in the bleachers in the opposite end zone. I can clearly remember it hitting the upright and then going in. What a memory for a kid...or anyone!

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - CowboyIndian - 10-15-2021

Have we mentioned this one? Field goal was almost anti-climactic after the chaos of the previous minute, but it was the winning margin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o8TbfMmmR8

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - BostonCard - 10-15-2021

(10-15-2021, 09:46 AM)CowboyIndian Wrote:  Have we mentioned this one? Field goal was almost anti-climactic after the chaos of the previous minute, but it was the winning margin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o8TbfMmmR8

Yes, it was the link in my post.  Sadly the board only allows one embedded video per post.

BC

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - Maple Leaf - 10-15-2021

Pete Gogolak who paved the way for soccer style kickers in American Football played for the NFL Giants, in one game he attempted a field goal which was block, the ball rolled back toward where he was standing, at which point he kick the ball again, this time the ball travelled through the uprigths of the goal post for 3 points, when he kicked the ball the second time he used his opposite foot.  I guess that makes him a Switch-Kicker  (aka switch hitter), it was after this the nfl passed a rule that outlawed kicking the ball more than once on field goal and extra point attempts.

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - terry - 10-15-2021

This thread brings back memories. . . . I was lucky enough to be in attendance for several of these FGs -- Naber's 1979 kick vs. UCLA, Hopkins' 1990 FG at Cal, and Ukropina's 2015 kick vs. Notre Dame. Great moments. Garcia's winning kick in the 1972 Rose Bowl came before I was a Stanford fan, so I wasn't there for that one unfortunately.

Some other memorable Stanford FGs --

Nate Whitaker's game-winner against USC in 2010
Jordan Williamson's winning kick in OT against #1 Oregon in 2012
Mike Biselli's winning FG vs. Notre Dame in 1999
Mike Langford's game-winner in the 1974 Big Game

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - 82lsju - 10-15-2021

not a Stanford FG but in 1980 I was at the Packers-Bears game at Lambeau Field.  Chester Marcol comes in to kick a short FG in OT for the win.  The snap and hold are good but then we hear the dreaded double thump of a blocked kick.  The ball bounces back to Marcol and he scoops it up and runs around the left side for a 17 yard TD...the crowd went from dead silent on the block to great joy as he crossed the goal line...years later he wrote in his book that he was high on cocaine at the time..

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - BostonCard - 10-15-2021

Then of course there are the field goal misses.

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Wide right (hope no one is a Bills fan here).

BC

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - terry - 10-15-2021

One FG attempt that missed four times --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_0egIOgdQ

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - BostonCard - 10-15-2021

(10-15-2021, 12:01 PM)terry Wrote:  Nate Whitaker's game-winner against USC in 2010



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnfxX6qkry0



The end of this video is especially satisfying.



BC
And here is Nate Whitaker's game-winner at Oregon.

https://youtu.be/oZkvzK1Soqg?t=8697

That game is a good reminder of what Stanford was like when we had a defense.  What's Derek Mason doing these days (don't answer, he's Auburn's DC).

BC

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - lex24 - 10-15-2021

Rod Garcia. 72 Rose Bowl.

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - Phogge - 10-15-2021

There is a guy on the sidelines who turns his back and can't watch. Too many people on the sidelines anyway. Probably high rolling members of the booster club whose name I can't think of.

RE: Greatest FG of all time???? - BostonCard - 10-15-2021

(10-15-2021, 05:49 PM)Phogge Wrote:  There is a guy on the sidelines who turns his back and can't watch. Too many people on the sidelines anyway. Probably high rolling members of the booster club whose name I can't think of.

LOL, good catch!  I don't know why one would deprive oneself of the chance to watch a game-winning field goal as time expired.  Of course, even without watching, you would know what happened from the audio.

BC