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Originally Posted by Benjy
So if nobody scored all game, you would only have the 2 or 4 punts (if no-one else called defense or whatever they call it).
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If nobody ever scored(which is nearly impossible), then their would still be the kickoff at the beginning, the kickoff at the start of the second half, and about 16 punts, plus the kickoff for the overtime period, and however many punts there were in the extra period. So it would easily be over 20 kicks in a game, not including missed field goal kicks, which would likely be a few more, at least.
Games where nobody scores involves a lot of punting, which is why that is considered to be the most boring game.
Hello, I just went to NFL.com, and checked the stats there. The average number of kicks in an NFL game this season is approx 26 kicks, including punts, FGs, PATs, and KOs. Not many compared to a soccer game, of course, but still the kicks account for a lot more points scored than in a soccer game, so they are a very important part of the game. According to my calcs, 33% of scoring was made by kicks, so kicking is a large part of the game in American football!!!