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Can you name the ways you can score points in American football? Enter an answer in the box below Correctly named answers will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game contributed by Jman14 on 09/26/2009 You have 1 minute to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 6701 Broadway Opening Lines 4435 TV Shows (U.S.) 4280 You Do Know Jack 1793 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1755 Same Last Name 1449 And more...
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	sussman:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:40 GMT	121 points
	I shared this quiz with Jake Delhomme, and he kept typing in "interception return."

	NCBerge:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:46 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:51 GMT	14 points
	it wouldn't take "get the ball through the forky-thing"!!!!!!! :(

	striker64:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	3 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:19 GMT	7 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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	UofMtigers2014:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:25 GMT	-1 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:42 GMT	3 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:42 GMT	2 points
	@Ebag What are you talking about? Pooch kick counts for one point? In what country?

	Hugo_Whitfield:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 21:55 GMT	4 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 22:13 GMT	6 points
	Easiest quiz on Sporcle! I love getting 100% for a change. Some of these quizzes lately have been really hard.

	BamaRainbow:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 22:31 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 22:44 GMT	7 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:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	3 points
	Rouge baby!