It's valued less than a touchdown because it's an easier score to make.
It wasn't always that way. In the early days, when scoring by kicks was valued over scoring by running (the forward pass wasn't around yet), field goals were worth 5 points, while touchdowns were worth 4 points (and the PAT worth 2).
In football it is worth 3 points. In Basketball it is worth 2 points.
A touchdown is worth six points in American football.
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In European football, then yes, one goal is one point. In American football, a touch down is worth 6 points. A field goal is worth 3 points A safety is worth 2 points. Hope this helps!!
A field goal (kicking the ball through the uprights at the end of the field) is worth 3 points in American football. There is no "point after" attempt for a field goal. In contrast, a touchdown (carrying the ball past the goal line) is worth 6 points and allows an attempt for an additional point after touchdown, which closely resembles a field goal.
3 points. But a drop kick (which is similar to a field goal) is worth 2 points. A drop kick is where you drop the ball on the ground and let it bounce up in the air then kick it through the goal posts. This is very difficult to do and is very rarely tried in the nfl.
A field goal and is worth 3 points if you want to know
When football adopted a numerical scoring system in 1883, a field goal counted for 5 points. It was reduced to 4 points in 1904 and 3 points in 1909.
In US Football, 3 points are awarded for a Field Goal.
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There is no such thing as a five point feld goal in College Football. Nor in Professional Football or Canadien Football. There are/were instances of four point field goals: * In Arena Football, all drop kicked field goals are worth 4 points * NFL Europa (noe defunct) experimented with a four point field goal. The FG was worth 4 points if it was sucessfully completed and 50 yards or longer * The newly formed USFL (play will begin in 2009 or 2010, maybe) will have four point FG's, provided they are sucessfully compleyed kicks of 55 yards or longer Field goals counted for 5 points between 1897 and 1903 and for 4 points from 1904 to 1908. They've been worth 3 points ever since 1909.