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Who is the only NFL player to score points (in a non-preseason game) with an AFL football?

Watching Tony Franklin kick barefoot on TV inspired me to try it during my quest to become a placekicker for my high school football team. I went out to the backyard where I had built a crossbar/goalpost on a large tree and had been training and tried to kick barefoot when it was freezing with snow ...

#6: I'll say either Randy White or Larry Csonka.

The narration has a small error.
The program states that Buddy Ryan's only Super Bowl appearance was with the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl 20.
He was also a Line Coach for the Jets in Super Bowl 3.

I think Dallas could have had a chance, unless Fred Swearingen would have been one of the field officials. Then Pittsburgh would have an advantage...

I have met him on three separate occasions. He is not a nice person. Not surprised about this.

The OT rules state that the game ends (immediately) on any TD or safety. Opportunity for both teams to possess does not occur in those cases. For Team A to score TD on defense after Team A FG, Team A has to gain possession simultaneous with scoring TD as described in the 2nd post in this thread. If ...

As soon as the defense (Team A) takes possession, the game is over. So there is no Int Return from within the field of play for an OT TD as you stated. If the Team B QB commits a turnover within his own end zone, either by fumble, or throws an interception, where the defense (Team A) gains possessio...

With the 8-1 Redskins winning Super Bowl XVII that season, they became the only post-merger Champion not to win an Interconference game. All 8 of their wins were vs. NFC teams.

The factors listed above have all contributed to increased FG percentage over the decades. As a kicker, I think the single biggest factor is the improved specialty of long-snapping, combined with the newer rules to protect long snappers, who no longer have to worry about getting their heads bashed i...