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Oakland Raider kicker Sebastian Janikowski ties 63-yard NFL field goal record
After kicking a record-tying 63-yard field goal with just seconds to go in the first half of the September 12, 2011 game against the Denver Broncos, Raider kicker Sebastian Janikowski said that was disappointed in the kick.
According to Janikowski, the field goal wasn’t kicked-well and it just barely made it over the goal post, to help the Raiders beat the Broncos 23-20 at a Monday night football game in Denver. Janikowski’s field goal gave Oakland and its new head coach, Hue Jackson, the fourth straight seasonal win over Denver, and marked Denver’s first loss in a home opener since 2000.
Janikowski, now tied with Tom Dempsey, 1970, and Jason Elam, 1998, both with 63-yard field goals, in the NFL record books, said that he kicked a 70-yard field goal in pregame practice and that the record setting field goal was not a good, solid kick.
A Polish-born former soccer player, Janikowski, a former star kicker at Florida State University, was drafted by Oakland in 2000, as the 17th overall draft pick, marking the third time in NFL history that a place kicker had been drafted in the first round. His NFL record-setting counterpart, Jason Elam, was drafted in the third round by the Denver Broncos in 1993 after a playing college football at the University of Hawaii. Dempsey, born without toes … Read more »
Doug Flutie with a successfull drop kick for a score
One of the most significant field goal moments in history
It’s no question one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game is Doug Flutie. One of the many ways this great quarterback has made history is through the kicking he did. In a game against the Miami Dolphins, he converted a drop kick into some points during the fourth quarter. Since the 1941 NFL championship game this was the first drop kick done since then. It all began when Tom Brady was sitting out for this special game, as Matt Cassel, the backup quarterback, threw a 9 yard TD to get the score to 25-19 with 6:10 left in the game. Flutie was the number 3 choice for quarterback at the time, but came in for the extra point and took the quarterback position. He stood, concentrated and ready to make the point. Then came the snap-
Success, Yes! Doug Flutie did make the point. It was a special moment for Coach Bill Belichick, who embraced Flutie after the point, was made. The last time this happened was with Chicago’s Ray McLean as he landed a drop kick through the uprights in the … Read more »
NFL kicker Jason Hanson a Field Goal Above the Rest
When a football fans thinks of the Detroit Lions, the first thing that they may think of is futility, and justly so. The Detroit Lions have so many negative factors surrounding their franchise, from a win less season, to years of bad draft choices. The one light that has been bright through all the years of bad teams is the kicker Jason Hanson. He has not only been a fantastic kicker, setting countless records, but he has stuck with the Lions year after year and could be counted on as one of the only guarantees the Lions have.
Jason Hanson was drafted in 1992 by the Detroit Lions and currently holds the record for the most games played with one team, with 300 games, which he earned on week 2 of the 2011 season. He is also the longest tenured Detroit Lion is the franchise’s long history. Hanson is also the all-time leading scorer for the Lions with 1,839 points and leads the team in field goals with 439. He was also able to grace the Pro Bowl with his presence in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2008. He has 17 game winning field goals in his fantastic career, nine of which were kicked in overtime.
Hanson holds so many records for the Detroit Lions it is easy to see what makes him the greatest kicker to put on a Lion uniform, but how does he compare to kickers from the rest of the NFL? In 2008, against the Indianapolis Colts, Jason Hanson … Read more »