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A typical lineup for an extra point, from the pre-2015 distance, in a 2007 NFL game between the New England Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. The conversion, try (American football), also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, extra point, two-point conversion, or convert (Canadian football) is a gridiron football play that occurs immediately after a touchdown.
Navy quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada puts the ball over the goal line for a two-point conversion at the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl. In gridiron football, a two-point conversion, two-point convert, or two-point attempt is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown.
The team can attempt to kick it over the crossbar and through the goal posts in the manner of a field goal for 1 point (an extra point or point-after touchdown (PAT) [8]), or run or pass it into the end zone in the manner of a touchdown for 2 points (a two-point conversion). In college football, the NFL, USFL and Texas high school football, if ...
Denver's defensive effort has been a key to its 3-1 series lead, and it will need more of it if it wants to win the title Monday night.
After a sluggish Game 2 in which he had 12 points with 2:35 to go, the Nuggets’ point guard will have to return to his efficient scoring ways against Butler if Denver wants to reclaim home-court ...
In 1897, the touchdown scored five points, and the goal after touchdown added another point - hence the current terminology: "extra point". [6] In 1900, the definition of touchdown was changed to include situations where the ball becomes dead on or above the goal line. [6] In 1912, the value of a touchdown was increased to six points.
Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks pleads with officials in the third quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Finals at American Airlines Center on June 12, 2024, in Dallas.
The most egregious known case of running up the score in professional football is believed to have taken place in 1904, when the Massillon Tigers, in the pre-forward pass era, racked up 26 touchdowns and 18 extra points to amass a score of 148–0 against a team from Marion, Ohio. (Touchdowns only counted five points in this era.)