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Can you name the ways you can score points in American football?
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American Football Scoring Quiz
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Created Sep 26, 2009 in
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quiztaker
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Sep 27th, 2009 at 03:28 GMT
-4 points
Nice quiz, but too much time.
hscer
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Sep 27th, 2009 at 04:12 GMT
2 points
I agree it should be one minute. Also, the common abbreviations for the 1, 3, and 6 pointers should be accepted. Lastly, rouge would be a fun bonus answer--technically they play American football in Canada.
andrew430
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Sep 27th, 2009 at 06:41 GMT
4 points
I think some alternate answers should be acceptable for extra point (e.g. point after touchdown, PAT) and I agree about the time, but otherwise a good quiz.
Jman14
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Sep 27th, 2009 at 18:04 GMT
8 points
I have changed the time to one minute and made abbreviations acceptable. Thanks for your feedback.
Mastacr123
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 02:09 GMT
2 points
Great quiz
CCCarnie
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 03:07 GMT
-4 points
I am curious if you want to place Fair Catch Kicks and Try Safeties as separate ways to score. They are different than the normal FG and Safety. (The Try Safety is only worth 1 point, and the Fair Catch Kick is undefended.)
Sal_Paradise
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 03:07 GMT
-2 points
Could also add in penalty, at least as a bonus (grounding or holding in the endzone or a coach coming off the sidelines to tackle a breakaway player).
amorris525
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 03:28 GMT
2 points
Those penalties result in the score that would have occurred though
vdubb
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 06:14 GMT
4 points
you missed one, you can also score on a drop kick for one point, it's not technically a field goal or an extra point
hairball
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 07:21 GMT
1 point
definitely creative! Love it
airborne79
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 11:26 GMT
2 points
There is actually another way to "score". If a game is forfeited, then the winning team receives a single point and the final score is recorded as 1-0. (Great bar question, BTW.)
Pistol
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 13:34 GMT
2 points
As CCC says above, shouldn't a feee kick from a fair caught punt be included?
geowiz85
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 14:35 GMT
2 points
in college football, the defense can return a 2 pt conversion, but is that still considered the same? @airbourne, forfeited college games are 1-0, but NFL games are 2-0 b/c you cant score 1 pt w/o a TD first, so the point value of a safety is assigned to the winning team
deej
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 16:32 GMT
-3 points
great quiz, but "conversion" should be acceptable
jaspa
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT
-2 points
Bah, I couldn't think of the correct term for the extra point. "You know, when they kick a field goal after a TD!" Pardon my ignorance.
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Danny
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 18:37 GMT
-9 points
it should accept "point after try" because after all when you watch football the kicker has stats under his PAT aka "point after try"
btroup1
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 19:41 GMT
1 point
College football has a one point safety, but it requires an insane set of circumstances that it happens about once per decade. As someone also said, the rouge is a possibility. Even if one says that it's a Canadian rule, there are arena leagues that have it.
Mike S.:
Sep 29th, 2009 at 08:02 GMT
4 points
Danny: If I'm not mistaken, PAT stands for "point after touchdown", not "point after try"
RunHardTurnLeft
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Sep 29th, 2009 at 21:06 GMT
1 point
"fair catch kick" is another way to score in the NFL. It was attempted twice last season, no one has scored from it since 1968 though.
bsd987
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Sep 30th, 2009 at 01:41 GMT
1 point
There are two other ways to score. Free Kick and 1-point safety (if we are differentiating between 1 and 2 point PAT, 1-point safety, which can be scored on a PAT in college football, needs to be included).
foyherald
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Oct 3rd, 2009 at 20:22 GMT
19 points
No bonus for with a cheerleader?
betraisefold
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Oct 4th, 2009 at 04:36 GMT
1 point
@hscer..technically they play Canadian football in the USA.
rockgolf
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Oct 5th, 2009 at 14:32 GMT
1 point
You can make "Rouge" an
Extra
answer, by putting "ee" (without the quotes) in the third data column.
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moegoldberg
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Oct 6th, 2009 at 19:34 GMT
-9 points
you need to accept "2/two point convert" or simply "convert"
eastfan9
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Oct 7th, 2009 at 00:29 GMT
2 points
Though it's a form of an extra point, Flutie did a drop kick after a touchdown back in 2006.
fasttrack
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Oct 7th, 2009 at 21:20 GMT
-2 points
@foyherald i don't think that's what they meant by 'score' they meant getting points not getting lucky
Game published: Oct 10th, 2009 at 15:58 GMT
sussman
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:40 GMT
233 points
I shared this quiz with Jake Delhomme, and he kept typing in "interception return."
NCBerge
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:46 GMT
3 points
What about two point conversion return? This is how one can score in NCAA Football. I guess it is a similar to a two point conversion, but it certainly does not go into two point conversion stats. Therefore, I think it deserves a bonus answer at the least.
maleficent
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:51 GMT
38 points
it wouldn't take "get the ball through the forky-thing"!!!!!!! :(
striker64
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:59 GMT
5 points
NCBerge: I'm pretty sure a failed two-point conversion stops the play immediately, right? I remember last season Jonathan Vilma intercepted Jason Campbell on a failed two-point conversion try and he couldn't run it back, nor did it count as an interception in Vilma's stats. So I'm pretty sure there's no chance for a score on a two-point conversion return in pro football. Besides, a fumble/interception/punt/kickoff return are all ways you can score as well, and they aren't listed either because they would all just fall under "touchdown."
borak1985
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 17:19 GMT
23 points
Free kick should be added. It hasn't happened since 1968 I believe, but it's a way to score that is not any of the above correct answers. A free kick can happen when there is a fair catch off a punt, safety kickoff, or a regular kickoff. It's awarded 3 points, but it is not called a Field Goal since there is no rush from the defense.
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Ebag
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 17:24 GMT
-29 points
Pooch kick counts for one point. Check twice before making a quiz official. As far as the 2-pt conversion return on defense, the defense cannot return the ball in the NFL. In college however, it counts for two points.
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UofMtigers2014
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT
-6 points
NCBerge is right. You can get points for returning a two-point conversion for a touchdown, but it doesn't count as a touchdown.
cloycebox
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT
10 points
In college football (but not in the NFL) the defense can advance the ball and try to score if a two point conversion attempt results in a turnover. It happened in the Navy-Ohio State game a few weeks ago, for example; Navy, going for two to potentially tie the game, had a pass interception and returned the length of the field. Ohio State got two points for that play and won by four. But really, that's just a safety; it isn't a sixth type of scoring play.
steplitz
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT
2 points
@Ebag What are you talking about? Pooch kick counts for one point? In what country?
Hugo_Whitfield:
Oct 10th, 2009 at 17:55 GMT
8 points
@borak1985: I think someone used the free kick rule last year, although I don't think they converted but yes I think you're right and that it should be added.
springmom
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 18:13 GMT
8 points
Easiest quiz on Sporcle! I love getting 100% for a change. Some of these quizzes lately have been really hard.
BamaRainbow
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 18:31 GMT
1 point
In the immortal words of Charlie Brown, "aaaaauuuugh". I missed one--the one that usually comes after scoring points from one of the other answers and is usually the alternative to another of the answers. I have no idea why I couldn't think of it. Unless. Maybe. I was thinking there was a more formal name to it. Yeah, that's the ticket.
subxavier
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 18:44 GMT
11 points
They forgot about the drop kick... Doug Flutie did one of those a couple years ago on the Pats, his last game before he retired. He hiked the ball, dropped back, and punted it through the goalposts. It's worth one point.
kidcanada
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Oct 10th, 2009 at 18:47 GMT
4 points
Rouge baby!
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