Cleveland Browns...and to answer another question that goes along with this - the player was Tom Tupa...
What year
Yes, in American football, the football must cross the goal line for a touchdown to be scored.
Hunter Wood
William Bailey
The origins of American football began in 1869. The intercollegiate football game between Rutgers and Princeton took place at Rutgers in 1869. There is no record of what player scored the first touchdown.
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== == == == When the ball is advanced past the end zone line it is called a touchdown. It is worth 6 points. A touchdown can be scored on offense or defense by any player. A touchdown can also be scored if there is a fumble in the end zone, and the team that scored on that end zone recovers the fumble.
Deion Sanders
6 ... the play is called a touchdown.
If you are thinking of American Football then i have no idea ,but there are not any touchdowns in the AFL
A pass TD is a touchdown scored in football when a player throws the ball to a teammate in the end zone, resulting in a score of 6 points for the team.
Albert "Al" Reinhold Carmichael scored the first touchdown in American Football League history, a 59-yard pass reception from http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Frank_Tripucka for the Broncos against the http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Boston_Patriots on http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/September_9, http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/1960. Carmichael (born November 10, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American collegiate and professional football player, a halfback, wide receiver, and kick returner. Carmichael played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League between 1953 and 1958; then he was with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League in 1960 and 1961. He twice led pro football in kickoff return yards.
An extra point is a football term. It is the field goal made after a team has scored a touchdown.