What is the longest football play?

A 99-yard pass play is the longest play involving a forward pass

forward pass

In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line.

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that is possible in an American football game. It gains 99 yards and scores a touchdown for the offensive team. The play has occurred thirteen times in NFL history, most recently by Eli Manning and Victor Cruz.

What is the longest football play in time?

The play took more than a minute of real-time to conclude and analysts have said it is the longest or possibly the longest play in college football history. ESPN said the play took 62 seconds and reports may be the longest play in college football history.

Who has the longest continuous play in NFL history?

Quarterback Brett Favre's streak of 297 consecutive games started is the longest all-time. Among defensive players, Jim Marshall's 270 is the longest.

Has there ever been a 100 point NFL game?

No, an NFL team has never scored 100 points in a game.

The Raiders beat the Oilers 52-49 on Sunday to clinch their first division title in 25 years. They were led by quarterback Derek Carr who threw for 447 yards and five touchdowns.

Has there ever been a 7 foot NFL player?

According to Pro Football Reference, there have only been two players in NFL history to stand 6-foot-10 or taller and make a regular-season NFL roster -- Morris Stroud, who stood 6-foot-10 and played for the Chiefs from 1969-74, and Richard Sligh, who became the only 7-foot player in NFL history when he played one ...

Longest Lasting Plays In NFL History (25+ Seconds)

What is the longest single NFL play?

A 99-yard pass play is the longest play involving a forward pass that is possible in an American football game. It gains 99 yards and scores a touchdown for the offensive team. The play has occurred thirteen times in NFL history, most recently by Eli Manning and Victor Cruz.

How long was the longest NFL play?

Like Patterson, Cromartie's 109-yard touchdown for the San Diego Chargers against the Vikings is a record that could only be tied, never broken.

What is the shortest NFL game ever played?

You have to go back to 1996 to find the shortest game in NFL history, with the San Diego Chargers' trip to the Indianapolis Colts lasting just two hours and 29 minutes. It was not a game to remember for Colts quarterback Jim Harbaugh, who was intercepted four times and sacked six times.

What is the rarest NFL score ever?

The lowest possible score is 0-0 and has been achieved 73 times, though the most recent scoreless tie came on Nov. 7, 1943.

Has there ever been a 0 point NFL game?

The New York Jets had 0 points versus the Patriots on October 21, 2019.

Has an NFL team ever had 1 point?

A conversion safety by the defense is also possible, though highly unlikely. Although this has never occurred, it is the only possible way a team could finish with a single point in an American football game.

Who has scored a 109 yard touchdown?

Antonio Cromartie set the record with a 109-yard return of a missed field goal for the Chargers in 2007. Cordarrelle Patterson also had a 109-yard kickoff-return TD for the Vikings in 2013.

How many 99 yard runs in NFL history?

Longest Rushing Touchdown (99 Yards)

While there have been many 99-yard passing touchdowns, the full-field rushing touchdown has only been done twice—each in a prime-time game. Tony Dorsett was the first to pull it off, doing so during the Monday night game of the final week of the 1982 season.

Has an NFL player ever played 17 games?

Only nine players played 17 games in the 16-game regular season, the last being Emmanuel Sanders in 2019.

What is the most unbreakable NFL record?

Can a QB throw 100 yards?

Absolutely not. No one has ever thrown a foorball 100 yards and no one ever will. The farthest any human being can throw a football is 80 yards.

Has a QB thrown for 6000 yards in a season?

The first quarterback to hit the 6,000 yard mark was Dan Marino, who did it in 1984. In one of the greatest seasons in NFL history, the second-year QB led the Dolphins to the Super Bowl in a year where he threw for 6,085 yards and 56 touchdowns.

Who kicked a 70 yard field goal in NFL?

Sebastian Janikowski of the Raiders did as much in 2011. He made it look easy, barely even taking a run-up. Apparently, the left-footer sunk a 70-yard field goal during pregame warmups that day.

What's the longest kick return?

The do-it-all weapon's record-breaking play came on a 103-yarder in Atlanta's 27-24 win over the Bears. It was an electric return in which Patterson split Chicago's coverage, racing through the middle of the field for a score that more than made up for his fumble earlier in the game.

Who has the longest QB runs in NFL history?

Raiders' Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard run set the record for the longest run by a QB in NFL history.

Has an NFL team ever scored 69 points?

Two games tie for the third-highest point mark with 69 points. Those came in 1993 when the Cowboys beat the Bills and in 2003 when the Buccaneers beat the Raiders. The highest scoring NFL game ever came in 1966 when the Redskins and Giants combined for 113 points.

Has any NFL team scored 70 points?

The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65-24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter.

What NFL team scored 73 points in a game?

On December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears trounce the Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Football Team) in the National Football League (NFL) Championship by a score of 73-0, the largest margin of defeat in NFL history.

Who scored 73 points in the NFL?

Washington Redskins

For this game in Washington, the Bears entered as slight favorites. The Bears scored eleven touchdowns and won 73–0, the most one-sided victory in NFL history. The game was broadcast on radio by Mutual Broadcasting System, the first NFL title game broadcast nationwide.

Can a Super Bowl game end in a tie?

Unlike regular season games, postseason games cannot end in a tie, so the overtime rules change slightly for the playoffs. If the score is still tied at the end of an overtime period — or if the second team's initial possession has not ended — the teams will play another overtime period.