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Rank Player Position Career Points 43 Jerry Rice: Wide receiver: 1985–2004 1,256 62 Emmitt Smith: Running back: 1990–2004 1,052 74 LaDainian Tomlinson
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]
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]
Except in desperate situations, a team will generally attempt field goals only when keeping a drive alive is unlikely, and its kicker has a significant chance of success, as a missed field goal results in a turnover at the spot of the kick (in the NFL) or at the line of scrimmage (in the NCAA). In American high school rules and Canadian ...
In Week 10, Bates kicked a 58-yard field goal against the Houston Texans to tie the game before hitting a 52-yard game-winning field goal in a 26-23 victory. Both field goals only narrowly passed through the uprights, on opposite sides from each other. [29] In Week 13, on NFL on Thanksgiving Day against the Chicago Bears, Bates missed his first ...
Below is the full list of nine kickers to make field goals from at least 63 yards or longer: ... Longest field goal in NFL history: Brandon Aubrey kick near top. Show comments. Advertisement.
Twenty-five years ago, NFL kickers attempted 58 field goals of 50-plus yards. That number rose to 71 two decades ago and to 140 by 2011. ... plant 9 to 12 inches from the ball and strike with the ...
On January 5, 2019, Janikowski missed a 57-yard field goal against the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs and suffered a hamstring injury on the same missed field goal kick. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] The kicker position was left in the hands of rookie Seahawks punter, Michael Dickson , who missed an onside kick that would have ...