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Trivia for May 28, 2021

Question

Adam Vinatieri retired on Wednesday. He’s best remembered for hitting some big kicks, but he also had some notable misses. He missed 31- and 36-yard field goals in a Super Bowl against Carolina, and a 36-yarder in a Super Bowl against Chicago. In the last 20 years, who is the only other kicker who has missed a field goal inside 40 yards in a Super Bowl?

Answer

Stephen Gostkowski (who followed Vinatieri with the Patriots). Gostkowski missed a 26-yard field goal in New England’s Super Bowl against Philadelphia. The last other Super Bowl miss inside 40 was by Jeff Wilkins in the Rams-Titans game played in January, 2000 (a 34-yarder). In total (for all Super Bowls) there have been 19 missed field goals inside 40 yards. Vinatieri and Roy Gerela (Steelers in the ‘70s) each have 3 of those. Rich Karlis (kicking barefoot for the Broncos in the ‘80s) is the only other player with 2. Other than Gostkowski and Vinatieri, other kickers have converted their last 26 field goal attempts inside 40 yards in Super Bowl games.

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