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Since 1941, the only successful drop kick for points in the NFL was by Doug Flutie, the backup quarterback of the New England Patriots, against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006, for an extra point after a touchdown. Flutie, 43 at the time, was given the opportunity to make a historic kick in what was his last play in the NFL.
In the Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006, Flutie successfully drop kicked a football for an extra point, something that was not done in a regular-season NFL game since 1941. It was Flutie's first kick attempt in the NFL, and earned him that week's title of AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. [32]
As of 2019, the last successful drop kick in a professional American football game was when Doug Flutie drop kicked for an extra point in the New England Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006; prior to that, the last successful drop kick in a regular-season game was in 1941. Flutie's kick was in the last ...
A fun fact about Doug Flutie’s USFL days is that he was teammates with the great Herschel Walker. Doug Flutie’s first time in the NFL Because the Rams picked him in the 1985 NFL Draft, they ...
^ With under two minutes remaining, Ray "Scooter" McLean elected to drop kick the extra point on the last touchdown, [16] which was the last successful drop kick in the NFL for 64 years. Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots kicked one in his final regular season game, in the fourth quarter of the last game of the 2005 regular season on ...
The former quarterback shared some extremely sad news on his Facebook page.
The only successful drop kick in the NFL since the 1941 NFL Championship Game was by Doug Flutie, the backup quarterback of the New England Patriots, against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006, for an extra point after a touchdown. Flutie had estimated "an 80 percent chance" of making the drop kick, which was called to give Flutie, 43 at the ...
Doug Flutie is a Heisman trophy winner and a Pro Football Hall of Famer. And ahead of Thursday's College Football Playoff games, the former quarterback took the time to chat with AOL Sports about ...