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From: kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: long punt
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Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 12:13:00 EDT
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[Oops - I must be in the first line ... He missed the bug!]

> I seem to recall a game on TV several years ago when a (Jets?) punter
> punted for 98 yards.  The line of scrimmage was his team's 1, and the
> ball rolled and was downed on the opponents' 1.  An unbreakable record
> for NET yardage on a punt, no?

It happened in 1969 when the Jets lost to Denver in (I believe) the thin air
of Mile High Stadium.  The punter for New York was Steve O'Neill.  For net
yardage, it's true that the record can't be broken by more than a couple of
feet - unless playing on a Canadian field.
What bugs me is that triviaists regard this as the NFL record, although it
actually took place in an AFL game.  Sure, the record books were updated to
include pre-merger exploits, but does anyone know who really had the longest
punt in an NFL game?

Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)