Jaguars’ Cam Little hits 70-yard field goal but NFL record will not count
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6Z7MN)
Record does not stand as it was was made in preseason
Official record by Justin Tucker remains at 66 yards
Standing half a football field away and with more than a dozen offensive and defensive linemen blocking his view, Cam Little couldn't see the ball clear the crossbar. But when his Jacksonville Jaguars teammates started screaming and scrambling, Little knew the outcome: a 70-yard field goal that he initially thought set an NFL record.
He later learned it wouldn't count because it happened in a preseason game, a 31-25 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday night.
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