OT - Longest FG kick I've ever seen

[TroyF]

Not sure how many here caught the Colorado/Colorado State game last night. The game was, as usual, a fairly exciting contest. CU didn't deserve to win the game, but they got lucky and pulled it out. There was one play in the game that I found completely amazing.

Mason Crosby, the kicker for CU had the longest place kick I think I've ever seen. In the fourth quarter, with the game tied up at 17, Mason was brought in to try a 55 yard field goal.

He drilled it straight and long. Those of us at the game (and those I've talked to after the replay) believe the kick could have been good from 70+ yards. As it went over the crossbar, the ball was three quarters of the way up the uprights. It ended up landing in the back third of the CU horseshoe.

I don't think I've ever seen a kick go that far in my life. Altitude or no altitude, I was simply amazed by this kick. Anyone ever see one similar?

[NoMyths]

Watched Martin Gramatica kick a 70 yard field goal before a game while he was at K-State. That was pretty impressive.

[cartman]

My high school team had a 67 yard field goal scored on them on the last play of regulation.

It made the final score 67-0.

[Senator]

I saw video of Tom Dempsy's 63 yarder and one a long time ago of an A&M kicker in the 80's - I think it was Russell Erxlebin hit a 64 yarder.

[ahbrady]

I saw video of Tom Dempsy's 63 yarder and one a long time ago of an A&M kicker in the 80's - I think it was Russell Erxlebin hit a 64 yarder.

Russell Erxleben was a kicker for Texas. He and Steve Little from Arkansas, I believe, both hold the record for longest in the NCAA with a 67 yard field goal.

[cartman]

Erxleben was UT's kicker in the late 1970s. He hit 3 over 60 yards in one season, the longest 67 yards.

This website has listed all of the FGs of 60 yards or longer kicked: hxxp://www.mindspring.com/~luckyshow/field%20goals%20of%2060%20yards%20or%20more.htm

[Leonidas]

I watched a frined of mine in high school once kick the free kick after a safety (from his own 20) through the goal post. That comes out to 90 yards on the fly through the post. Granted, he had about a 10 step runup to the ball, but I still have never seen anything like it.

[Huckleberry]

Watched him play in high school. My brother-in-law was a year behind him at Georgetown. Sounds like a shotgun when his foot strikes the ball.

He had problems getting it airborne enough in high school, even off a tee. If he's fixed that, he will be awesome.

[TroyF]

Watched him play in high school. My brother-in-law was a year behind him at Georgetown. Sounds like a shotgun when his foot strikes the ball.

He had problems getting it airborne enough in high school, even off a tee. If he's fixed that, he will be awesome.

Yeah, shotgun was the word. Forgot he played ball in Texas. I've just never seen anything like the kick he made last night. I've watched some big footed kickers before. I've went to Bronco games and watched them warm up. Just incredible kick.

[Senator]

Russell Erxleben was a kicker for Texas. He and Steve Little from Arkansas, I believe, both hold the record for longest in the NCAA with a 67 yard field goal.

That's right. I am confusing him with another guy around the same time from A&M, who was supposed to be great. Or else I am losing it.

[Glengoyne]

A few years ago, I was scouting a highschool football game for a coach friend of mine. It was a playoff game, and my friend's team was going to play the winner.

It poured for the entire game. Me and the guys with me were wearing garbage bags as rain gear. The home team was lead by this all around stud Quarter back. The kid played both ways, and seemed to make every other tackle on defense. On offense, he was spectacular. He was responsible for nearly all of the team's offense. It was pouring, and he led his team up and down the field. If he wasn't completing passes, he was making big gains on broken plays. His teammates had the drops, so all of the offensive firepower had only resulted in 13 points. The visiting team seemed to be mired in the mud, but they scored a TD after recovering a fumble inside the home team's twenty taking the lead by two, and leaving just under a minute to go. It looked pretty bleak. The all everything QB threw three quick passes to the sidelines. All incomplete. On fourth down, he dodged a sack, and ran about 30 yards. They lined up quickly, and I think they intended to throw a quick out to stop the clock, but a linebacker came through the line unblocked. The chase was on. This kid must have run backwards 15 yards, but he actually turned the corner and broke into the open field. He saw time running out, and actually dove out of bounds. The problem was, he did so on about the 36 yard line. There were only three seconds left.

The home team called a time out, and we were thinking it was going to come down to a hail mary. Then they came out and lined up for a field goal. We were stunned. It was a fifty three or fifty four yarder, and it was still raining pretty steadilly. The Place Kicker. Was the Quarterback. On the snap he calmly drove the ball through the uprights as the time ran out. It is still one of my favorite high school football moments ever.

Sorry to ramble. Oh and the longest kick I have ever seen was a mid 50 yarder by Chip Lohmiller. Like you described, it would have easilly been good for a record.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

Not sure how many here caught the Colorado/Colorado State game last night. The game was, as usual, a fairly exciting contest. CU didn't deserve to win the game, but they got lucky and pulled it out. There was one play in the game that I found completely amazing.

Mason Crosby, the kicker for CU had the longest place kick I think I've ever seen. In the fourth quarter, with the game tied up at 17, Mason was brought in to try a 55 yard field goal.

He drilled it straight and long. Those of us at the game (and those I've talked to after the replay) believe the kick could have been good from 70+ yards. As it went over the crossbar, the ball was three quarters of the way up the uprights. It ended up landing in the back third of the CU horseshoe.

I don't think I've ever seen a kick go that far in my life. Altitude or no altitude, I was simply amazed by this kick. Anyone ever see one similar?
I saw some of that game but didnt like CSU's decisions during the last seconds of the game. :mad:

[cartman]

That's right. I am confusing him with another guy around the same time from A&M, who was supposed to be great. Or else I am losing it.

I think Tony Franklin was atm's kicker in that period.

[TroyF]

I saw some of that game but didnt like CSU's decisions during the last seconds of the game. :mad:

They choked it away. CU played better than I expected, but didn't deserve to win. Then again, CSU didn't deserve to win either. It was a horrible game.

[VPI97]

The kicker on my high school team nailed a 72 yarder during my junior year. The guy was our starting safety, halfback & a straight ahead kicker...he normally hit two out of three from 63 every day after practice (running $10 bet with our head coach). It was a cold, overcast day (Sat. afternoon game) and we had a 15-20 mph wind at our backs in the second quarter and he had already put two kickoffs out of the end zone, so right before halftime coach trotted him out for a FG instead of trying a long pass. The funny thing was that as we lined up, I really didn't doubt he'd make it...I asked my dad afterwards and he said that our fans in the stands were thinking the same thing. It was pretty cool to see the refs signal that it was good :)

He went on to play at Marshall (when it was still I-AA) but at safety, not kicker...and he only lasted two years there before knocking up his girlfriend and transferring to a school closer to home.

[Senator]

I think Tony Franklin was atm's kicker in that period.

That sounds right - thanks.