Modified from the original question posted in another thread:
Is there any way in the rulebook for a football team in college or the NFL to score only one point in a game?
I believe that a forfeit is considered a 1-0 win.
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Modified from the original question posted in another thread:
Is there any way in the rulebook for a football team in college or the NFL to score only one point in a game?[/quote:3b7mpfk7]
Conversion safety
Hasn’t been scored since the 1940’s.
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[quote=“SwineFusion”]
Modified from the original question posted in another thread:
Is there any way in the rulebook for a football team in college or the NFL to score only one point in a game?[/quote:3vj62qi0]
Conversion safety
Hasn’t been scored since the 1940’s.[/quote:3vj62qi0]
A conversion safety happened in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl. Oregon was kicking an extra point, Kansas State blocked the kick, recovered the ball in the field of play, and retreated into the endzone, including a lateral, where they were tackled by Oregon. The Ducks thus received a one point safety that took the place of the extra point that was blocked. The same thing happened in the Texas-Texas A&M game in 2004. TV trivia: the play-by-play announcer for both games was Brad Nessler. You can find video of both plays on YouTube.
Of course this particular play requires that you score a touchdown first. So you could not have this kind of score for your only point in a game. The only way that a team could score only one point in a game would be for a defensive conversion safety. The most probable way that could happen would be for a wild snap on either an extra point kick or shotgun formation, followed by a sequence of the ball being batted and kicked backwards repeatedly until the offensive team recovered it in the end zone, or the ball went through the end zone, for the one point safety. If you remember that play last year between Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech where the ball was batted backwards about 70 yards, that’s something similar to what I’m describing. But that was a play from scrimmage. To my knowledge there has never been a defensive conversion safety.
Marty: it is true that a forfeit is recorded as a 1-0 result, but that point is awarded, it is not scored.
It should be noted because of recent rule changes, a one-point safety is much more likely. In the old days, a blocked extra point was just a dead ball. Now it can be recovered and returned for two points, which increases the chances that the attempted returner retreats into the end zone and is tackled, as happened with Kansas State.
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As far as anyone knows, Nessler has called both the one-point safeties in college football history. Here’s the first one:
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[quote=“SwineFusion”]
Modified from the original question posted in another thread:
Is there any way in the rulebook for a football team in college or the NFL to score only one point in a game?[/quote:2tcrjt0u]
Conversion safety
Hasn’t been scored since the 1940’s.[/quote:2tcrjt0u]
A conversion safety happened in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl. Oregon was kicking an extra point, Kansas State blocked the kick, recovered the ball in the field of play, and retreated into the endzone, including a lateral, where they were tackled by Oregon. The Ducks thus received a one point safety that took the place of the extra point that was blocked. The same thing happened in the Texas-Texas A&M game in 2004. TV trivia: the play-by-play announcer for both games was Brad Nessler. You can find video of both plays on YouTube.
Of course this particular play requires that you score a touchdown first. So you could not have this kind of score for your only point in a game. The only way that a team could score only one point in a game would be for a defensive conversion safety. The most probable way that could happen would be for a wild snap on either an extra point kick or shotgun formation, followed by a sequence of the ball being batted and kicked backwards repeatedly until the offensive team recovered it in the end zone, or the ball went through the end zone, for the one point safety. If you remember that play last year between Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech where the ball was batted backwards about 70 yards, that’s something similar to what I’m describing. But that was a play from scrimmage. To my knowledge there has never been a defensive conversion safety.
Marty: it is true that a forfeit is recorded as a 1-0 result, but that point is awarded, it is not scored.[/quote:2tcrjt0u]
I was speaking about the defensive conversion safety. I assumed that if a team kicked an extra point, it was blocked, the defense gained the ball and retreated to their end zone it would be counted as a safety (2pts).
I looked up the same thing you did, it says the conversion safety hasn’t been scored since the 40’s, even though it mentions the two games you did.