Football Scoring

Unlike basketball when two points are added every time a ball is shot in the basket, football scoring mainly depends on kicking the ball right into the goal post. There are many ways to score a point in football such as making a touchdown, doing a field goal or making a safety. There is also a rare way of scoring a football which can be made through what they call little-used fair-catch kick. The down is not timed for this kind of scoring a football. To sum it up, here are the main conversion of points on each football type of scoring:

Touchdown = 6 points
Extra Point Conversion = 1 point
Two-Point Conversion = 2 points
Field Goal = 3 points
Safety= 2 points

Touchdown

A touchdown is scored when a player is able to bring the ball to the opponent’s goal. It is actually the biggest goal for an offence when they take the possession of the ball from the defensive team. In addition, the team which scored the touchdown is given a bonus of having the chance to get another one or two additional points.

Touchdown by Bo Scaife

Field Goal

Another way for a team to score is by kicking a field goal. When a team finds themselves in a fourth-down situation, many times they will attempt to kick a field goal if they feel they are close enough for their kicker to kick the football between the upright bars of the goal post in the opponent’s endzone. A field goal is worth three points.

Triumph and Despair

Safety

A team can also pick up two points by tackling an opponent possessing the ball in their own end zone. This is what they call a safety. The above basic scoring football technicalities are mainly sourced through football.about.com. There yo can check out the website for more detailed discussion on football player profiles, history and more.

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