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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]
Prior to 1974, the goal posts in the NFL were on the goal lines instead of the end lines. [10] With time running out in the game, the Saints attempted a field goal with holder Joe Scarpati spotting at the Saints' own 37-yard line. The snap from Jackie Burkett was good, and Dempsey made the field goal as the ball fell just beyond the bar. [11]
He won a second letter for baseball for the Volunteers in the 1952 season, playing center field and leading the team in home runs. [11] At the end of the 1952 college baseball season Rechichar signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians and was assigned to their farm system, beginning with the Reading Indians of the Class A Eastern League. [12]
Former NFL and Kansas State kicker Martin Gramatica holds the record with a 65-yard field goal that he made in 1998. The longest field goal in NCAA history is a 69-yard kick by Ove Johansson of ...
Earlier Sunday afternoon, football fans were stunned to see Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker miss a 49-yard field goal. The most accurate kicker in NFL history almost never misses. In fact ...
The longest field goal kick in NFL history is 66 yards, a record set by Justin Tucker on September 26, 2021, which broke the record previously held by Matt Prater (2013) at 64 yards. The third longest is 63, originally set by Tom Dempsey (1970) and then matched by Jason Elam (1998), Sebastian Janikowski (2011), David Akers (2012), Graham Gano ...
He made a 49-yard field goal in the first half and added a 34-yarder in the second half. Illinois football field goal record. Here are the longest field goals in Illinois football history ...
The NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders are career, single-season, and single-game leaders in field goal kicking. [1] These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons: Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.