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  • Buckley, a senior, is Navy's all-time leader in extra-point percentage, having made 59 of 60 (.983) and this season has made 5 of 8 field goals.

    Navy short-handed again without Joe Buckley Gene Wang 2010

  • Overall, he made 25 of 29 field goal attempts and all 29 of his extra-point tries.

    Team MVPs for 2009: Who were NFL's top performers this year? 2010

  • In two regular-season games there, including the Jets' 22-17 victory on Dec. 19, he made all four of his field-goal attempts and all three of his extra-point attempts.

    Folk Puts His Best Foot Forward Mike Sielski 2011

  • Granted, misses have long been rare—in 1998, place-kickers made 92.9% of their extra-point attempts—but today it's 97.3%, virtually a sure thing.

    Is the NFL Becoming Too Perfect? 2012

  • Dan Bailey's extra-point kick put the Cowboys ahead for good at 7-6 with 1: 22 left in the first quarter.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Locker was penalized for celebrating what could have been a game-tying touchdown run with 2 seconds left and BYU's Jan Jorgensen blocked the 35-yard extra-point attempt to help the Cougars hold to a 28-27 victory Saturday.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Only once since 1978, when he became entrenched as the Redskins 'starting quarterback, has he been unable to play his position, and that was in a 1980 game, when he still managed to hold for field goal and extra-point attempts.

    Strasburg, Theismann and D.C. sports injuries 2010

  • Oklahoma State's Derek Burton blocked the extra-point attempt.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • With one botched extra-point snap with nine seconds to play, the Redskins created a moment that captures an entire era.

    Washington Redskins' botched snap on extra point vs. Bucs captures an era Thomas Boswell 2010

  • Worst Everything: If you sit through the rain, the cold, the slop, the mistakes, the missed field goals, the blown lead, and you're finally rewarded with a fourth-down last-minute touchdown, you can't hike the extra-point snap to Milwaukee.

    Redskins-Buccaneers, Best and Worst Dan Steinberg 2010

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