Kickers are ridiculously good these days, even on college level.
As an NFL viewer continue to put on a show by being almost automatic regardless of distance, it’s clear the future of kicking could be in even better hands.
Temple kicker Maddux Trujillo drilled a 64-yard field goal, with plenty of room to spare, on Saturday and made history.
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Temple Owls banners covering the end zone at Lincoln Financial Field before a game against the Villanova Wildcats. (Bill Streicher/USA Today Sports)
Trujillo’s field goal was the eighth longest NCAA Historybut the second longest in modern FBS history. Yahoo Sports notes that kickers could use a tee until 1989. The longest kick was 69 yards in 1976.
Ex-NFL kicker Martin Gramatica still holds the current record by one yard, a feat he accomplished in 1998 with Kansas State.
Trujillo’s kick is the longest successful field goal since 2008, and it was the longest field goal in Lincoln Financial Field history, beating Jake Elliott’s 61-yard boot in 2017 when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants as time expired.
The field goal changed the momentum of the game and cut the Owls’ deficit to Utah State to 21-17 at halftime.
A Temple Owls pylon before a game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Lincoln Financial Field on September 17, 2022 in Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
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Temple scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to take a 38-21 lead.
Utah State attempted a comeback with a touchdown and two-point conversion late in the fourth, but Temple answered with a touchdown about a minute later to make sure it wouldn’t squander its comeback. In the end, it was a 49-25 win for Temple, which earned its first win of the season.
Lincoln Financial Field before a game between the Temple Owls and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. (Derik Hamilton/USA Today Sports)
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Owls quarterback Evan Simon threw four touchdowns, including a 91-yarder to Dante Wright, and ran for another score in the big win.
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