On January 1st 2006, in what was an otherwise a meaningless Week 17 game between the playoff bound New England Patriots and out of contention Miami Dolphins, the Foxboro Faithful were treated to a surprise football play that hadn’t been seen in over 60 years.
Following a Matt Cassell touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter to Tim Dwight, third string quarterback and Massachusetts native Doug Flutie shockingly came running out onto the field to attempt the extra point in what became his final appearance in an NFL game.
Flutie would in fact convert the NFL’s first successful “dropkick” for an extra point in a game since the 1941 league championship by successfully bouncing the ball off of the turf following the snap and booting it through the goal post.