Reader Mail! Extra Points

(Reposting this, as Ndakumong Suh just missed an extra point for the Lions ... and now Wes Welker kicked one for the Patriots. ) In 1971 the Bears had two non-kickers score PATs: Bobby Douglass on a rush and Dick Butkus on a pass from Douglass. Douglass was the Bears' holder on placekicks. Prior to the 2-pt conversion rule in '94; how many times during the era after the merger (1970-1993) had there been successful PATs by rush or by pass in regular season or post-season games? - James It happened at least 30 times. (Steve Largent's 1985 extra point is listed as an uncredited "kick" on Pro-Football-Reference and credited to Norm Johnson in many box scores, so it is possible that there are others that I've missed.) All of these conversions (which counted for 1 point) likely came as the result of botched snaps or holds in field goal formation. (The last time I know of that a team lined up in a non-kicking formation for a 1-point extra point came in the 1940 Championship Game. The Bears lined up in scrimmage formations after their last two touchdowns, but only because the refs feared that they would run out of footballs, 9 of which had already been kicked into the stands. End zone nets would not be introduced for a while.) Extra points other than by kick, NFL, 1970-1993: Player Team Opponent Date Note Bobby Douglass CHI DAL 10/31/1971 Ralph Baker NYJ SD 10/31/1971 pass from Bob Davis Dan Reeves DAL STL Cardinals 11/7/1971 Dick Butkus CHI WAS 11/14/1971 pass from Bobby Douglass Larry Schreiber SF NO 11/14/1971 pass from Bruce Gossett Virgil Carter CIN NYJ 12/19/1971 listed as a kick on PFR Mickey Zofko DET CHI 11/5/1972 pass from Greg Landry Dick Butkus CHI PHI 12/10/1972 pass from Bobby Douglass Ron Holliday SD CLE 10/28/1973 Bob Chandler BUF KC 10/29/1973 Lynn Dickey HOU Oilers BAL Colts 11/4/1973 Pat Curran SD MIN 11/23/1975 pass from Mike Fuller Roger Wehrli STL Cardinals CHI 12/14/1975 Brian Sipe CLE CIN 10/3/1976 Mike Fuller SD BAL Colts 11/7/1976 Steve Mike-Mayer BAL Colts NE 10/28/1979 Mike-Mayer was a kicker Gary Parris STL Cardinals CLE 10/28/1979 pass from Roger Wehrli Nolan Cromwell LA Rams BUF 12/7/1980 Rich Wingo GB CHI 9/6/1981 pass from Ray Stachowicz Reggie Wilkes PHI NO 10/11/1981 pass from Ron Jaworski Steve Kreider CIN LA Raiders 11/28/1982 Ross Browner CIN HOU 11/6/1983 pass from Steve Kreider Pat Ryan NYJ MIA 12/16/1983 listed as a Pat Leahy kick on PFR (second extra point) Pat Ryan NYJ KC 10/21/1984 listed as a Pat Leahy kick on PFR (third extra point) Rick Bryan ATL DET 9/8/1985 pass from David Archer Steve Largent SEA ATL 10/13/1985 listed as a kick on PFR Steve Kreider CIN HOU Oilers 10/20/1985 Rick Neuheisel SD CIN 10/4/1987 replacement game Chris Kelley CLE NE 10/4/1987 pass from Dale Walters replacement game Chris Mohr TB CHI 10/8/1989 listed as a Donald Igwebuike kick on PFR (sixth extra point) Steve Largent SEA BUF 12/4/1989 A companion list of non-kickers/punters pressed into extra point duty: (Note: Suh is not on the list, as he missed.) Non-specialists who successfully kicked extra points, 1970-2009: Player Position Team Opponent Date Note Deacon Jones DE WAS CHI 12/15/1974 Last regular season game of Jones's career. Dave Pureifory DT GB DET DEN 9/21/1975 9/29/1975 Regular kicker Chester Marcol pulled a thigh muscle; Pureifory went 1 for 2 in each game. Steve Zabel LB NE TB 12/12/1976 4 seconds left in the last game of the regular season. NE had called timeout up 24-14 with 6 seconds left to set up Steve Grogan's 1-yard TD, which broke the single-season record for rushing TD by a QB. TB, finishing up an 0-14 season, was not pleased. Ray Mansfield C PIT Baltimore Colts OAK 12/19/1976 12/26/1976 AFC Divisional and Championship Games. Regular kicker Roy Gerela strained his abdominals  compensating for a leg infection. Mansfield kicked the final extra point of the Steelers' 40-14 win over the Colts and the only extra point of the 24-7 loss to the Raiders. Gerela was active for the Raiders' game  but did not attempt a kick. Ted Thompson LB HOU Oilers NYJ 11/23/1980 Toni Fritsch was injured in warmups. Thompson went 4 for 4. George Yarno G TB DET 12/18/1983 Last game of the regular season. Regular kicker Bill Capece was injured; replacement David Warnke had missed an extra point and a 29-yard field goal. Wes Welker WR MIA NE 10/10/2004 Welker also kicked a 29-yard field goal in the game. Mark Simoneau LB PHI SF 9/18/2005 David Akers was injured in the 2nd quarter but returned for the 2nd half. Simoneau had an extra point blocked the next week. Doug Flutie QB NE MIA 1/1/2006 Last regular season game of Flutie's career. Drop kicked. Chad Ochocinco WR CIN NE 8/20/2009 Preseason. Shayne Graham was injured in warmups. Wes Welker WR NE CLE 11/7/2010 Stephen Gostkowski was injured during the game.