In the sport football a safety is worth how many points?

Answer 1

A team gets 2 points for a Safety in the NFL, which is earned by:

1. Tackling the ball carrier in his own end-zone.
2. Forcing the ball carrier to fumble in his own end zone and having it go out of bounds in the end zone
3. Lateral in the end-zone that goes out of it
4. Blocking a kick and having the ball go out of play in the kicking team's end-zone
5. The ball carrier downs the ball intentionally in his own end-zone.

In addition to getting 2 points, the team that the Safety was scored on (the team that screwed up) has to kickoff to the team scoring the Safety, but with one big difference: unlike a regular kickoff, where the ball is set on a kicking tee (or held on it by a teammate) the kicker must free-kick the ball to the opposing team. The free-kick can be a punt, a drop-kick (bounce the ball of the ground and then kick it on the bounce up), or by a teammate holding the ball like in a normal kickoff, but without a kicking tee - the ball must be touching the ground.

Free kicks are performed from the 20 yd line, whereas a kickoff is performed from the 30 yd line. So in addition to the insult of being tackled or screwing up in your own end zone and giving points to the defense, the team that screwed up has to kick the ball in a manner that normally gives the opposing team excellent field position on the free-kick return.

Answer 2

In 1897 a touchdown earned 5 points; it increased to 6 points in 1912.

Answer 3

Yes. It's 2 points for a safety, scored by tackling an opponent inside his end zone (or by penalty).

Answer 4

2

Answer 5

Two.