Kickers Duels!

[74_75_78_79_]

I'll start with one from Week #15, 1990, and let you all either "up" me or simply just bring up other, also, significant ones.

AnderOn - vs - AndersEn! Yes, Gary vs Morten! The Steelers, by now, were relatively out of their early offensive Walton slump. Joe making things simple enough for Bubby & Co. But this match-up was a defensive slugfest; and Steelers were #1 in the league! Gary 9, Morten 6; and Steelers now at 8-6 would be in the drivers-seat for the division title/playoff berth which they, thanks to Cody Carlson on the final Sunday Night, would not achieve! And the father of a current Steeler DT played RB for NO in that very match!

So what other such Duels can you think of? Both kickers being the only ones to score!

[CSKreager]

1996 Week 16 10-4 Patriots at 9-5 Cowboys

Two teams with star studded offenses got all their points from FG’s (Chris Boniol and a rookie Adam Vinatieri) in a 12-6 Dallas division clincher

[Retro Rider]

11/14/76 - N.Y. Giants 12 vs. Washington Redskins 9 (Joe Danelo 4 vs. Mark Mosely 3). This was the first time the Giants had beaten a George Allen coached team. Allen came into the game with a 14-0 record against them as head coach.

11/5/79 - Houston Oilers 9 @ Miami Dolphins 6 (Tony Fritsch vs. Uwe von Schamann). This Monday night affair was nothing like the 35-30 shootout played at the Astrodome in 1978.

[Gary Najman]

Last seasons's Thursday nIght Colts-Broncos on October 6 (Chase McLaughlin vs. Brandon McManus), won by the Colts in OT 12-9, with the two HC (Frank Reich and Nathaniel Hackett) fired a few weeks after.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 060den.htm

[Retro Rider]

1/13/07 - AFC Divisional Playoff: Indianapolis Colts 15 @ Baltimore Ravens 6 (Adam Vinatieri vs. Matt Stover). Vinatieri is a perfect 5 for 5 and moves ahead of Gary Anderson for the most post-season field goals in NFL history.

[Ronfitch]

Monday Night Football, October 17th, 1983. Reigning Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins (4-1) head to Green Bay (3-2) for what turns out to be a scoring fest.

Mark Mosley - a Pro Bowler in ‘82 and the last straight-on kicker in the league - is kicking for the Redskins. Jan Stenerud - eventual Pro Football, Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers HoF inductee and one of the early soccer-style kickers of the pro football - is kicking for the Packers.

In a thrilling back-and-forth, high-scoring game, Mosley is 3/3 and Stenerud is 4/4 on extra points through three quarters. And Mosley is 4/4 and Stenerud 1/1 on field goal attempts as well as the Redskins hold a 33-31 lead with 15 minutes of regulation time remaining.

In that fourth final quarter, both teams score touchdowns and both kickers stay perfect on extra points (now, Mosley is 5/5 and Stenerud is 6/6 on extra points) and the Redskins are up 47-45.

In the final minute of regulation, Stenerud connects on a 20-yard field goal to lift the Packers to a 48-47 lead, leaving 54 seconds on the clock for Washington. The Redskins march down the field into Green Bay territory and Mosley comes in to attempt a game-winning field goal with three seconds left on the clock.

Wide right. Packers win the highest-scoring game in MNF history.