Football Lists

Longest nonscoring plays in NFL history

Is there a list of the longest plays that didn't result a touchdown? Elias Sports Bureau probably has a list (they verified that Percy Harvin's 104-yard kickoff return was the longest nonscoring play in NFL history), but I've never seen one published. Both scrimmage (runs and passes) and nonscrimmage (returns) plays are

Winning the OT coin toss and kicking

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Longest missed field goals

As far as I can tell, there are no league-wide official records kept for length of missed field goals. The following list should be complete, however. Note that a fair number of the kicks took place in Denver. Longest missed field goal attempts, NFL Kicker Team Length Result Date How Missed? Notes Sebastian Janikowski Oakland Raiders 76 SD 28, OAK 18 9/28/2008 short Mark Moseley Washington

Palpably unfair acts

[Last updated 1/26/2025: A palpably unfair act was almost called in the NFC Championship Game.] What happens when something obviously unfair yet not specifically covered by the rules happens during a football game? The palpably unfair act rule gives the referee full discretion to decide what should happen when such events occur,