<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Thursday night, Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker made NFL history with the longest fair-catch free-kick during the Chargers 34-27 victory over the Denver Broncos.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Down 21-10, Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert threw an interception late in the second quarter. But after Denver failed to make a first down and punted with eight seconds left in the half, Denver cornerback Tremon Smith was called for interfering with a fair catch attempted by the Chargers. The 15-yard penalty gave the Chargers the ball at their own 47-yard line, and Dicker converted a 57-yard fair-catch field goal.</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“After a fair catch is made, or is awarded as a result of fair-catch interference, the receiving team has the option of putting the ball in play by either: (a) fair-catch kick (dropkick or placekick without a tee) from the spot of the catch (or the succeeding spot after the enforcement of applicable penalties) or (b) snap from the spot of the catch &#8230;” the NFL rulebook <a href="https://operations.nfl.com/media/3277/2018-nfl-rulebook_final-version.pdf">states</a>.</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">The longest previous fair catch free kick was a 52-yarder by the Green Bay Packers Paul Hornung in 1962, the year the Packers went 11-1 and won the NFL championship.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said the free kick was his favorite football rule.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It was awesome,&#8221; Dicker <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43068684/obscure-rule-leads-chargers-making-nfl-first-fair-catch-kick-1976">said</a>. &#8220;It was funny to be in that scenario and just be like, &#8216;Huh, there&#8217;s no lineup there. This looks a little weird,&#8217; but it was really cool.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Everybody was trying to figure out what was going on,” Chargers outside linebacker Bud Dupree confessed. “We knew he could make it. We just didn&#8217;t understand. Was it going to be a two-point or three-point, or did we get the ball on the 1? We didn&#8217;t know.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Man, I don&#8217;t know whose idea it was to kick that, but they know ball,” Chargers running back Gus Edwards marveled. “I was confused as s***. I ain&#8217;t ever seen that before.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Interestingly enough, the last successful fair catch free kick was made by Ray Wersching of the then-San Diego Chargers in 1976.</p>

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