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Dempsey is most widely known for kicking a 63-yard field goal as time expired to give the Saints a 19–17 win over the Detroit Lions on November 8, 1970, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. [9] Prior to 1974 , the goal posts in the NFL were on the goal lines instead of the end lines. [ 10 ]
The kicker initially was not a specialized role. Before the 1934 standardization of the prolate spheroid shape of the ball, drop kicking was the prevalent method of kicking field goals and conversions, but even after its replacement by place kicking, until the 1960s the kicker almost always doubled at another position on the roster.
The NFL (and most other professional leagues) has never allowed the use of tees for field goal kick attempts, having always required kickers to kick off the ground for such attempts (and for extra points; a rare exception for a U.S.-based pro league to allow the usage of such tees for such attempts was the original USFL in the 1980s).
Below is the full list of nine kickers to make field goals from at least 63 yards or longer: 66 yards — Justin Tucker, Ravens (2021) ... Longest field goal in NFL history: Brandon Aubrey kick ...
During the game, Tucker became the first kicker in NFL history to kick a field goal in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s in the same game. [34] His 61-yard field goal set the NFL record for longest field goal in a domed stadium; Tucker would break his own record almost eight years later in the same stadium. [35]
Adam Vinatieri added another remarkable feat to his sterling kicking résumé Sunday, passing Morten Andersen to become the NFL's all-time leading field goal kicker.
The Ravens' kicker missed two of three field goal attempts — with both misses coming from within 50 yards — in the Ravens' 18-16 loss to the Steelers on Sunday. His first miss came from 47 ...
In Week 13, on NFL on Thanksgiving Day against the Chicago Bears, Bates missed his first career NFL field goal, which was from 45 yards. In Week 14, Bates kicked a 34-yard field goal to win a close game on Thursday Night Football against the Green Bay Packers after a successful drive by the Lions. [30] In Week 17 against the San Francisco 49ers ...