With a 53 -
yard field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles, Tucker tied the record for most field goals of 50 or more yards in a season.
Adam Vinatieri — who had drilled a 48 -
yard field goal against the then St. Louis Rams as time expired to win Super Bowl 36 — nailed a 41 - yard game - winning field goal with four seconds remaining to sink Carolina.
He posted 71 points for the Cowboys, including two 54 -
yard field goals against Utah.
Not exact matches
His performance
against the Rams was equally impressive — Bryant notched 4
field goals, and two from 50 +
yards.
Dennis Leuthauser is the reigning NCAA
field -
goal record holder with a 57 -
yard kick
against Wyoming.
Maryland's Steve Mike - Mayer, who earlier this season kicked a 54 -
yard field goal, missed from 42
yards out with 13 seconds left
against North Carolina State.
And early Monday night
against Clemson, Alabama's Adam Griffith missed a 44 -
yard field goal in a game that would remain within one score for almost all of 60 minutes.
He also has converted the second - longest
field goal in the NFL this year, 54
yards, and took advantage of the high altitude in Mexico City on Oct. 2 to blast two kickoffs through the uprights — 80
yards away — in a game
against the 49ers.
AFL: Undefeated NEW YORK (4 -0-1) got a bit of luck
against the undefeated San Diego Chargers before a record AFL crowd of 63,497 at Shea Stadium when the Chargers» Dick Van Raaphorst missed two
field goals, from 30 and 21
yards out, to preserve a 17 - 16 victory for New York.
In Week 2, with the score tied at 17
against San Diego and Denver driving for the winning
field goal, Shanahan brought in Dayne, the Heisman winner - turned - Giants - castoff, who carried six times for 38 valuable
yards.
The Buckeyes opened on an 80 -
yard field goal drive, all on the ground,
against a Bama defense that averaged 88 rushing
yards allowed per game.
Clemson drew to within 31 - 27 with a
field goal, and Kenyan Drake (who lost one of Alabama's kick return fumbles
against Ole Miss) returned the ensuing kick 95
yards for a 38 - 27 lead.
20 Length in
yards of the
field goal by Wahpeton native and Baltimore Colts kicker Steve Myhra that sent the 1958 NFL championship game
against the New York Giants into sudden death.
The New England Patriots have drawn first blood in the AFC Championship game
against the Baltimore Ravens, getting a Stephen Gostkowski 31 -
yard field goal to go up 3 - 0 with 6:21 left in the first quarter.
Alabama kicker Andy Pappanastos missed a 36 -
yard field goal as regulation expired in Monday's National Championship
against Georgia.
In Week 2
against a Duke at its lowest ebb — the Blue Devils would go 0 - 12 under Ted Roof — Chip Vaughn had to block a 28 -
yard field goal at the buzzer.
In the AFC title game
against the Baltimore Colts, Blanda again relieved an injured Lamonica, completing 17 of 32 passes for 217
yards and 2 touchdowns while also kicking a 48 -
yard field goal and two extra points, keeping the Raiders in the game until the final quarter, when he was intercepted twice.
He doinked a 38 -
yard field goal — in a dome, it's worth pointing out — that would have tied the AFC Championship game
against the Atlanta Falcons, 24 - 24.
After Quinn Nordin missed a 31 -
yard field goal attempt
against Maryland, the redshirt freshman got into a little exchange with Jim...
Though Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme provided some stirring moments and New England kicker Adam Vinatieri, as he had two years ago
against the St. Louis Rams, nailed the championship - winning
field goal in the final seconds, it was Brady (32 - of - 48 passing for 354
yards and three touchdowns) whose star shone brightest in Space City.
His longest
field goal (50
yards) came in hisrookie year
against Houston, but he was third in the league behind Jan Stenerudand Dennis Partee at 40 to 49
yards.
And then the season started: Mississippi State came 39
yards from beating Auburn, Clemson missed a do - over overtime
field goal, South Carolina led the Tigers in the fourth quarter, a last - second
field goal prevented overtime vs. Kentucky, Onterio McCalebb broke a 70 -
yard run to beat LSU by seven, THE 2010 IRON BOWL HAPPENED, and Michael Dyer was down
against Oregon.
Against a solid Texas Tech defensive front in the red zone, Texas struggled to convert opportunities into touchdowns, settling for two
field goals in the first half from 19
yards and 20
yards — difficult decisions for a head coach who admittedly hates kicking
field goals from that distance.