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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Oklahoma State's Derek Burton blocked the extra-point attempt.
USATODAY.com 2008
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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
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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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