Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxe!rainbow From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: RE:NFL long field goal Message-ID: <1006@ihuxe.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 14:39:23 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxe.1006 Posted: Fri Jan 4 14:39:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 03:20:59 EST Sender: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 15 Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: NFL's longest field goal >The scenario about New Orleans 63 yard field goal is correct. >I believe it happened in 1971, and was kicked by Tom Dempsey. > >I wasn't sure about it, but my memory was confirmed by one of >the "Fantastic Finishes" commericals they ran during one of the >playoff games. Apparently you went to the kitchen for a beer during the commercial. Dempsey was on Detroits team and there was no free kick involved. Robert