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.