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Go for to points or kick a field goal for one point after the touchdown this field goal is known as an extra point.

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What team was being played when Adrian Peterson broke his collarbone while scoring a touchdown?

Iowa State


Where is a list of the highest scoring nfl players by season?

Click on the 'NFL Scoring Leaders by Season' and 'NFL Touchdown Leaders by Season' links below to see the players that led the NFL in scoring and touchdowns in each NFL season.


Who invented the touchdown and when was it first introduced into the game of football?

== == The touchdown came from rugby. In rugby, you score a try by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone and then pressing the ball to the ground. The requirement that a player has to ground the ball is where the term "touchdown" comes from. Gridiron football eventually abandoned that requirement but retained the terminology. It became part of American football in 1876, when the U.S. colleges playing football agreed to a standard set of rules based loosely on the English rugby code. The touchdown initially awarded no points -- it merely gave the scoring team the opportunity to attempt a kick directly out on the field from where the ball was touched down. This is where the extra point came from. Rugby still uses the same system for scoring a conversion after a try. Incidentally, touchdowns in rugby also initially counted for no points, which is why the touchdown in rugby is called a try -- it initially meant that the scoring team was given a "try" for goal. When a numerical scoring system was put in place in 1883, touchdowns counted for 4 points. It increased to 5 points in 1897 (and remained that way in the Canadian game until 1956!) and finally to 6 in 1912. The requirement to physically touch the ball to the ground was removed in 1889.


Why do they call a touchdown in the NFL pay dirt?

the saying came about from the the shared multi sport feilds where the one endzone would be the infield of a local baseball team so many times scoring on one side of the field left you in the dirt


What is the highest scoring nfl team?

98 vikings

Related questions

Is an extra point a touchdown?

No. The extra point is what a team attempts after scoring a touchdown.


What is the eating gesture celebration after a touchdown?

It symbolizes the person scoring the touchdown is "feeding" his teammates or ensuring when he "eats"(scoring the touchdown), they all, as a team, eat. Hope that explains it!!


What team was being played when Adrian Peterson broke his collarbone while scoring a touchdown?

Iowa State


How do you spell touchdown?

That is the correct spelling of "touchdown" (a football scoring play).


Celebrate after scoring a touchdown in college?

yes. do celebrate.


Who gets the ball after the defense returns a point after attempt?

The team scoring a field goal or touchdown is normally required to kick off to the opponent regardless of the results of the try. In high school the team sored upon can choose to kick off but in 35 years of officiating I have never seen this happen.


How do you play professional football?

by throwing a ball and scoring a touchdown


If a football player kicks off the ball and another player on the opposite team recevices it and makes the touch down from there how many points will that team gain?

All touchdowns are worth six points. It doesn't matter how the touchdown is scored, via a pass, a run, or on a kickoff or punt return. After the touchdown, the scoring team receives a "point after touchdown" attempt for one or two extra points.


Who went to Super Bowl without scoring a touchdown?

Ravens I Think


If a team scores a touchdown who kicks after?

the team that scored the touchdown kicks the ball off to the other team


Who did the Soulja Boy dor the Dallas Cowboys after scoring a touchdown?

Terell Owen Did


Do NFL player get paid for scoring A touchdown?

yes they get paid extra money