Editing Drop kick (section)

=== NFL ===
[[File:Eddie Mahan.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Eddie Mahan]] preparing to drop kick]]
Since 1941, the only successful drop kick for points in the NFL was by [[Doug Flutie]], the backup [[quarterback]] of the [[2005 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]], against the [[2005 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] on January 1, 2006, for an extra point after a touchdown. Flutie, 43 at the time, was given the opportunity to make a historic kick in what was his last play in the NFL. Flutie estimated he had "an 80 percent chance" of making the drop kick.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Ulman |first=Howard |url=http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060102/NEWS/601020380/1002/SPORTS |title=Dolphins Win Sixth Straight Despite Flutie's Drop Kick |publisher=TheLedger.com |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref>

The last successful drop kick before 2006 in the NFL was executed 64 years earlier in {{nfly|1941}}, on an [[Conversion (gridiron football)|extra point]] by [[Ray McLean]] of the [[1941 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]], against the [[1941 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] in the [[1941 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship Game]] at Chicago's [[Wrigley Field]] on December&nbsp;21. The last drop kick for a [[field goal]] was a nine-yarder by player-coach [[Dutch Clark]] of the [[1937 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]] in {{nfly|1937}} against the [[1937 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]] on September&nbsp;19.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Gonsalves|first=Rick|year=2000|title=The Lost Skill of Drop Kicking|url=http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/22-05-864.pdf|journal=The Coffin Corner|volume=22|issue=5|via=Professional Football Researchers Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2015/12/the-last-dropkick/ |title=Drop It Like Its Hot |website=Pro Football Hall of Fame |date=December 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name=clldlio>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zG5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ueMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4505%2C1770162 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Clark leads Lions |date=September 20, 1937 |page=9}}</ref><ref name=pltcb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9nJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ekADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3130%2C2946169 |work=Ludington Daily News |location=(Michigan) |agency=Associated Press |title=Packers lose to Chi Bears, 14-2 |date=September 20, 1937 |page=6}}</ref> The [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) saw its last successful drop kick in [[All-America Football Conference#1948|1948]], when [[Joe Vetrano]] of the [[1948 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] drop kicked an extra point after a muffed snap in a 31–28 home loss to the undefeated [[1948 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] on November&nbsp;28.<ref name=bbump>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WpJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4246%2C6362040|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Browns bump 49ers to win West title, 31-28|date=November 29, 1948 |page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2006/01/29/a_get_rich_kick_scheme_fails/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+New+England+Patriots+news | work=The Boston Globe | title=A get-rich kick scheme fails | date=January 29, 2006 | first1=Ron | last1=Borges}}</ref>

Still rarely but more commonly, kickers have attempted drop kicks from kick-offs or free kicks, especially in the case of onside kicks. [[2011 New England Patriots season|Patriots]] kicker [[Stephen Gostkowski]] took an onside drop kick on a free kick against the [[2011 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] on October 30, {{nfly|2011}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33071567 |title=Polamalu punch vs. Patriots was illegal |publisher=CBSSports.com |access-date=2013-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000814/http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33071567 |archive-date=2013-10-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=England |first=New |url=http://musketfire.com/2011/10/30/patriots-steelers-studs-duds/ |title=Patriots-Steelers Studs & Duds – Musket Fire – A New England Patriots Fan Site – News, Blogs, Opinion and more |newspaper=Musket Fire |date=2011-10-30 |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref> [[2018 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] punter [[Michael Dickson (American football)|Michael Dickson]], an Australian punter who considered himself more adept at drop kicking than place kicking, has drop kicked both kick-offs and onside kick-offs when called on to serve as back-up kicker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/12/26/seahawks-comfortable-with-michael-dickson-drop-kicking-pats-or-fgs/|title = Seahawks comfortable with Michael Dickson drop-kicking PATs or FG|website=Profootballtalk.nbcsports.comS|date = 27 December 2018}}</ref> In 2019, [[2019 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]' kicker [[Justin Tucker]] drop-kicked a short, high kick-off against the [[2019 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] with 2:01 left in the fourth quarter to force a fair catch and prevent the Chiefs from [[running out the clock]]; it was later confirmed that this kick was illegal, as Tucker had kicked the ball not immediately after it bounced, but rather after it had bounced and reached the apex of its rebound.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Breech|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-bans-ravens-crazy-kickoff-dropkick-after-watching-baltimore-use-it-just-one-time/|title=NFL bans Ravens' crazy kickoff dropkick after watching Baltimore use it just one time|work=CBS Sports|date=October 10, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>