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Two-point conversion

Index Two-point conversion

In American and Canadian football, a two-point conversion or two-point convert is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown. [1]

63 relations: AFL–NFL merger, American football, American Football League, Arena football, Arena Football League, Arkansas Razorbacks football, Big 12 Conference, Canadian football, Canadian Football League, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, College football, Conversion (gridiron football), Darrell Royal, Dick Vermeil, Drop kick, Eric Berry, Expected value, Graham Gano, Gregg Easterbrook, High school football, Kickoff (gridiron football), Lineman (gridiron football), Los Angeles Chargers, Mark Seay, Massachusetts, Matt Ryan (American football), National Federation of State High School Associations, National Football League, NCAA Division I, NFL Europe, NFL preseason, Offensive coordinator, Play from scrimmage, Single (football), Six-man football, Stan Humphries, Stephone Anthony, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXIX, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Texas, Texas Longhorns football, The Wall Street Journal, Tom Tupa, Tommy Prothro, Touchdown, Tuesday Morning Quarterback, University of California, Los Angeles, Washington Redskins, ..., World Football League, XFL, 1960 American Football League season, 1969 American Football League season, 1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game, 1975 CFL season, 1998 Iowa State Cyclones football team, 1998 Texas Longhorns football team, 2005 NFL season, 2015 Carolina Panthers season, 2015 New Orleans Saints season, 2016 Atlanta Falcons season, 2016 Kansas City Chiefs season. Expand index (13 more) »

AFL–NFL merger

The AFL–NFL merger was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues in the United States at the time: the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American Football League

The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL).

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Arena football

Arena football is a variety of indoor gridiron football played by the Arena Football League (AFL) and China Arena Football League (CAFL).

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Arena Football League

The Arena Football League (AFL) is a professional indoor American football league in the United States.

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Arkansas Razorbacks football

The Arkansas Razorbacks football program represents the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the sport of American football.

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Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Canadian football

Canadian football is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).

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Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football, LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.

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Conversion (gridiron football)

The conversion, try (American football, also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, or extra point), or convert (Canadian football) occurs immediately after a touchdown during which the scoring team is allowed to attempt to score one extra point by kicking the ball through the uprights in the manner of a field goal, or two points by bringing the ball into the end zone in the manner of a touchdown; depending on league rules, one point may also be scored by manner of a safety.

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Darrell Royal

Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American football player and coach.

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Dick Vermeil

Richard Albert Vermeil (born October 30, 1936) is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles (1976–1982), St. Louis Rams (1997–1999) and Kansas City Chiefs (2001–2005).

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Drop kick

A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football.

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Eric Berry

James Eric Berry (born December 29, 1988) is an American football safety for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

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Expected value

In probability theory, the expected value of a random variable, intuitively, is the long-run average value of repetitions of the experiment it represents.

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Graham Gano

Graham Gano (born April 9, 1987) is an American football placekicker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL).

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Gregg Easterbrook

Gregg Edmund Easterbrook (born March 3, 1953) is an American writer and a contributing editor of both The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly.

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High school football

High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada.

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Kickoff (gridiron football)

A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in American football and Canadian football.

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Lineman (gridiron football)

In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

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Mark Seay

Mark Edward Seay (born April 11, 1967) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Matt Ryan (American football)

Matthew Thomas Ryan (born May 17, 1985), nicknamed "Matty Ice", is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).

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National Federation of State High School Associations

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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NFL Europe

The World League of American Football (shortened to WLAF or World LeagueThe abbreviation "World League" was often used in /// in 1991 and 1992, but "World League of American Football" was often used on TV and posters), later renamed the NFL Europe League (NFL Europe for short) and then NFL Europa, was a professional American football league which operated between 1991 and 2007.

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NFL preseason

The National Football League preseason is the period each year during which NFL teams play several not-for-the-record exhibition games before the actual "championship" or "regular" season starts.

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Offensive coordinator

An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense.

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Play from scrimmage

A play from scrimmage is the activity of the games of Canadian football and American football during which one team tries to advance the ball, get a first down, or to score, and the other team tries to stop them or take the ball away.

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Single (football)

In Canadian football, a single (single point, or rouge), scoring one point, is awarded when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a convert (successful or not) or a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return, or kick, the ball out of its end zone.

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Six-man football

Six-man football is a variant of American football played with six players per team, instead of 11.

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Stan Humphries

William Stanley "Stan" Humphries (born April 14, 1965) is a former professional American football quarterback.

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Stephone Anthony

Stephone Anthony (born July 28, 1992) is an American football linebacker for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).

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Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL).

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Super Bowl XXIX

Super Bowl XXIX was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion San Diego Chargers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1994 season.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas Longhorns football

The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate team representing the University of Texas at Austin (variously Texas or UT) in the sport of American football.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tom Tupa

Thomas Joseph Tupa Jr. (born February 6, 1966) is a former American football punter and quarterback in the National Football League.

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Tommy Prothro

James Thompson "Tommy" Prothro, Jr. (July 20, 1920 – May 14, 1995) was an American football coach.

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Touchdown

A touchdown is a means of scoring in both American and Canadian football.

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Tuesday Morning Quarterback

"Tuesday Morning Quarterback" is a column written by Gregg Easterbrook that started in 2000 and published every football season until temporarily stopping publication for the 2016 season.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

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Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.

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World Football League

The World Football League (WFL) was a short-lived American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975.

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XFL

The XFL was a professional American football league that played its only season in 2001.

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1960 American Football League season

The 1960 American Football League season was the inaugural regular season of the American Football League (AFL).

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1969 American Football League season

The 1969 American Football League season was the tenth and final regular season of the American Football League (AFL).

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1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game

The 1969 Texas vs.

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1975 CFL season

The 1975 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 22nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 18th Canadian Football League season.

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1998 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1998 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1998 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1998 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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2005 NFL season

The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.

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2015 Carolina Panthers season

The 2015 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Ron Rivera.

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2015 New Orleans Saints season

The 2015 New Orleans Saints season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League, the 40th to host games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the ninth under head coach Sean Payton.

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2016 Atlanta Falcons season

The 2016 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League and the second under head coach Dan Quinn.

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2016 Kansas City Chiefs season

The 2016 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the fourth under head coach Andy Reid and the fourth and final season under general manager John Dorsey who was fired June 22, 2017.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point_conversion

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