Tom Dempsey set an NFL record that resulted in a couple of rules changes with his legendary 63-yard field goal. That's the Saints Play of the Day.

For decades, 63 yards was the NFL field goal record, but in the modern NFL, 63-yard field goals are so ordinary that one ...

Dempsey would not have gotten a shot to make history had coach Joe Schmidt used part of his brain. When Detroit kicked the field goal to take the lead with 11 seconds remaining, the Saints were ...

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Dempsey's field goal was spotted at the Saints' 37-yard line - when the goalposts were at the goal line and not 10 yards back - and it barely made it over the crossbar.

NEW ORLEANS – On this day 49 years ago, New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey stepped up to the ball and booted a 63-yard field goal to give the Saints a win and cement his place in the history ...

Dempsey also previously held the record for the longest field goal in NFL history (63 yards) while the Saints in 1970. Watch below to see Dempsey’s game winning field goal over the Detroit Lions.

Tom Dempsey, who kicked a then-NFL record 63-yard field goal as time expired to defeat the Detroit Lions in 1970, died Saturday at age 73.

Tom Dempsey, who played in the National Football League despite being born without toes on his kicking foot and made a record 63-yard field goal for the New Orleans Saints, died April 4. He was 73.

Dempsey set the NFL record for longest field goal, hitting one from 63 yards out to help the New Orleans Saints beat the Detroit Lions in the final seconds. His record was finally broken by one ...

METAIRIE, La. — Tom Dempsey resigned himself long ago to the idea that he would one day see his NFL record-long field goal surpassed. Four decades since his 63-yard boot lifted the New Orleans ...

There are 63 days left on the calendar until the New Orleans Saints kick off their 2024 regular season, which makes Tom Dempsey’s record-setting 63-yard field goal the Saints Play of the Day.