Sometimes punts don't even make it back to the line of scrimmage. Negative-yard punts, 1978-present Boxscore link to Pro Football Reference. Video. Home team in italics. Date Kicking Receiving Yds Punter Punt 9/3/1978 Seattle Seahawks San Diego Chargers -1 Jeff West kicked high, OOB 9/17/1978 Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins -24 Rusty Jackson snap over head, hastily punted ball went OOB 9/23/1984 Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions -9 Greg Coleman snap over head, hastily punted ball
Author: Ben Austro
Ben Austro is the editor-in-chief and founder of Football Zebras and the author of So You Think You Know Football?: The Armchair Ref's Guide to the Official Rules (on sale now)
How the 2024 Draft order is determined
The NFL Draft order is determined by a combination of regular season records, postseason performance, and the strength of schedule in the 2023 season. The Super Bowl winner is ranked 32; their opponents are 31. Next, the remaining teams are assigned to 4 groups based on their playoff performance: losers of the
Ejections for the 2023 season
A running list of players ejected in the 2023 season. NEW! We have all ejections from 1978 to present on its own page. Week Game Player Pos Team Reason Time Referee 1. PRE 2 CHI-IND Jalen Harris DL CHI Swinging at an opponent 5:40/4Q George† 2. PRE 3 LAR-DEN Tre Tomlinson DB LAR Tackle by facemask 9:36/1Q Allen 3. 2 WAS-DEN Kareem Jackson S DEN Launching at defenseless receiver 1:47/2Q Rogers 4. 4 LV-LAC Jerry Tillery DT LV Late hit out of bounds 9:00/2Q Hussey 5. 6 BAL-TEN‡ Kyle Hamilton S BAL Hit to head of defenseless receiver 8:37/3Q Vinovich 6. 7 ARI--SEA D.J. Humphries LT ARI Contact with an official 9:32/2Q Novak 7. DEN-GB Kareem
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How the 2023 Draft order is determined
The NFL Draft order is determined by a combination of regular season records, postseason performance, and the strength of schedule in the 2022 season. The Super Bowl winner will be ranked 32; their opponents, will be 31. Next, the remaining teams are assigned to 4 groups based on their playoff performance: losers
How the 2022 Draft order is determined
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1983 USFL boxscores
Week 1 Oakland Invaders at Arizona Wranglers Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ Sun. March 6, 1983 1 2 3 4 Oakland Invaders 7 0 0 17 24 Arizona Wranglers 0 0 0 0 0 1st Quarter OAK–Wyatt Henderson 53 yd pass from Fred Besana (Kevin Shea kick), 6:51 left 4th Quarter OAK–Arthur Whittington 2 yd rush (Kevin Shea kick), 12:47 left OAK–Kevin Shea 45 yd field goal, 6:25 left OAK–Wyatt Henderson
Double punt flummoxed rules gurus and statisticians
Seahawks punter Michael Dickson grew up playing Australian rules football in his hometown of Sydney, and he imported some of the kick-heavy game to Seattle on Thursday night. Dickson's third quarter punt was blocked with enough backspin to have it skittering in the open backfield. Because the ball is behind the
Several players change their jersey numbers after new rule passes
The NFL started to mandate position-specific jersey numbers in 1952, although it gave exceptions to "nationally known" players at the time of the new rule. As the era of free substitution began in 1949, it was necessary to identify players by number, particularly with regards to being an eligible receiver. The