enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Why a 70-yard field goal is possible - AOL

    www.aol.com/sports/why-70-yard-field-goal...

    The evolution of field goal kicking isn’t just a product of the position drawing superior athletes. ... plant 9 to 12 inches from the ball and strike with the hard bone on top of the instep of ...

  3. Strategy of American football - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_of_American_football

    Fake field goals: In certain situations, a coach may choose to have the team fake a field goal attempt. The players line up as usual, but instead of holding the ball for a kick, the player receiving the snap may run with the ball, hand it off to another player, or attempt a pass downfield. Field goal returns: The defensive team can return a ...

  4. Placekicker - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placekicker

    An amateur placekicker attempts to kick a field goal. In American football, the placekicker (PK), or simply kicker (K), is the player who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points. In most cases, the placekicker also serves as the team's kickoff specialist and occasionally in youth football, also acts as the punter.

  5. Field goal - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_goal

    A field goal may also be scored through a fair catch kick, but this is also extremely rare. In most leagues, a successful field goal awards three points (a notable exception is six-man football in which, due to the small number of players available to stop the opposing team from blocking the kick, a field goal is worth four points). [2]

  6. Brandon Aubrey longest field goal: Where Cowboys kicker ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/brandon-aubrey-longest-field-goal...

    The Baltimore Ravens called upon Tucker to attempt a 66-yard field goal while trailing 17-16 with three seconds left in the hopes of avoiding a monumental road upset. Tucker's had just enough ...

  7. List of gridiron football rules - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gridiron_football...

    Similarly to association football, the game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will kick off to begin the game and which goal each team will defend. [2] The options are presented again to start the second half; the choices for the first half do not automatically determine the start of the second half (i.e. it is possible for the same team to kick off both halves). [3]

  8. 'I can make it from 60-plus': Lakota kicker Brandon Leal ...

    www.aol.com/60-plus-lakota-kicker-brandon...

    Lakota senior Brandon Leal strengthened his leg after booting a field goal from 56 yards last season.

  9. Holder (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holder_(gridiron_football)

    During a "fake field goal" attempt the holder may pick the ball up and either throw a forward pass or run with the ball (i.e., act as the quarterback would on a standard play). In addition, the holder may attempt a run or pass if the snap is botched and a successful kick is unlikely.