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It was also the longest field goal in Eagles history, the longest ever kicked in Philadelphia in an NFL game, and the longest ever by an NFL rookie. In Week 4, against the Los Angeles Chargers , he put together a solid performance in converting all four field goal opportunities and both extra point attempts for a season-high 14 points scored ...
Franklin was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 1979 NFL draft. He was credited with the fourth longest field goal (at the time) in NFL history during his rookie year with the Eagles, a 59-yarder at Dallas on November 12, 1979. Franklin played in Super Bowl XV and kicked a 30-yard field goal. [6]
He also tied the then-NFL record for the longest successful field goal when he converted a 63-yard field goal, which is the third-longest in league history. Akers is an inductee of the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame and a member of the Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team , along with being named to the second-team of the NFL 2000s All ...
That includes a 4-1 record against Philadelphia under Reid, who coached the Eagles from 1999-2012. Chiefs vs. Eagles playoff history The Chiefs and Eagles have only met once in the playoffs since ...
It’s also the longest kick in the history of Lincoln Financial Field in either a college football or NFL game. Eagles kicker Jake Elliott held the previous record with a 61-yard field goal.
This walk-off kick eclipsed both Dempsey's and Graham Gano's 63-yarder in 2018 as the longest field goal to win a game on its final play. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] Since Dempsey was the only kicker to make a field goal from more than sixty yards prior to the relocation of the goal posts, he remains the only player in NFL history to successfully kick a ...
The Eagles won the next three matchups in 2001, 2005 and 2009, but Kansas City went on a four-game win streak with victories in 2013, 2017, 2021 and in the Super Bowl in 2023.
Ove Claes Johansson (March 31, 1948 – September 30, 2023) was an American football placekicker and the current holder of the record for the longest field goal ever kicked during an American football game, at 69 yards (63 m), for Abilene Christian University in their October 16, 1976 victory over East Texas State. [1]