12-23-2024, 02:18 PM
(12-23-2024, 01:55 PM)johnbar Wrote: After a safety, the scored-upon team gets a free kick from its own 20.
I have a vague memory of a similar scenario where, because of penalties, the team managed to kick a field goal from near mid-field.
This would have been in the 1960s, when the NFL still had the goal posts on the goal line.
Quote:According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last fair catch kick attempted in the NFL was by the Carolina Panthers' Joey Slye, who attempted a 60-yard kick in London in 2019 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (but was wide right). The last successful free-kick was made in 1976, when the then San Diego Chargers' Ray Wersching converted a 45-yard field goal against the Buffalo Bills. The longest previous fair catch free kick was a 52-yarder by Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers in 1962.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/4307...k-rule-nfl
see some previous attempts here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HedgcGan-VM&t=69s
and a partial list of attempts
https://www.quirkyresearch.com/football-...-attempts/
Eric
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