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Jake Bates (born March 3, 1999) is an American professional football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college soccer for the Central Arkansas Bears and college football for the Texas State Bobcats and Arkansas Razorbacks.
The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans.They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930 before they were bought by George A. Richards, a radio executive, and moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the ...
He was one of six Lions to win a NFC player of the week award. [31] On August 30, 2023, Badgley was signed to the practice squad of the Lions. [32] On December 16, 2023, Badgley was elevated from the practice squad for the game vs. the Broncos after struggles from Lions kicker Riley Patterson. He was signed to the active roster on December 29. [33]
Hanson retired from the Lions in 2013; no NFL player played as many games (327) with the same team as Hanson, breaking the old record of 296 held by Bruce Matthews in Week 2 of the 2011 season vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. At the beginning of the 2012 season, he set the record for most years with the same club with 21 seasons.
He became the first Lions kicker to accomplish this feat. The win ended the Lions NFL-record 26 game road losing streak. On January 2, 2011, against the Minnesota Vikings, Rayner kicked a career-long 55-yard field goal. Only Jason Hanson had kicked a longer field goal as Lions kicker. On August 29, 2011, Rayner was released by the Lions. [4]
When he left the Lions, Martin was the team's all-time leading field goal kicker; he also became the first NFL player to kick two field goals of more than 50 yards in a single game in 1960. Martin was an assistant high school coach in California and at Idaho State University before taking a job as an assistant with the Lions between 1967 and 1972.
James Eugene O'Brien (born February 2, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker and wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). O'Brien played for the Baltimore Colts from 1970 to 1972 and the Detroit Lions in 1973.
The Lions led by a point with only two seconds left, but Saints kicker Tom Dempsey booted a then-record 63-yard field goal as time expired to give the Saints a 19–17 win. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the divisional round of the playoffs at the Cotton Bowl , the Lions fell 5–0 to the Dallas Cowboys in the lowest scoring game in NFL playoff history ...