Author: Ben Austro

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

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

Every so often, a drive stalls in epic fashion and the offense is saddled with a huge distance to complete a first down. Long distances to go for a first down, prior to 1978 Official play-by-play stat sheets -- currently referred to as "gamebooks" -- have been compiled by the NFL since