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Three points earned by kicking a ball through goalposts instead of trusting your offense.
means In American football, a score worth three points made by kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the uprights.
from A literal nineteenth-century term: a goal scored from the field of play, as opposed to one off a free kick or touchdown try, back when rugby and football were still untangling themselves.
World recordJustin Tucker booted one 66 yards in 2021.
Worth lessThree points, versus six for a touchdown.
Once worth moreField goals outscored touchdowns until the 1880s.