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Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little breaks NFL record with 68-yard field goal vs. Las Vegas
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- Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little breaks NFL record with 68-yard field goal vs. Las Vegas
Now that's the way to break a kicking slump.
Jacksonville Jaguars second-year kicker Cam Little broke the NFL record for the longest field goal when he booted a 68-yarder on the final play in the first half on Nov. 2 against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas .
Jacksonville Jaguars holder Logan Cooke (9) begins to celebrate as he and kicker Cam Little (39) watch Little's 68-yard field goal go through the uprights on Nov. 3 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to cut the Jags' halftime deficit against Las Vegas to 6-3.
The kick, which cleared the crossbar with room to spare, cut a 6-0 Raiders lead to 6-3.
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The Jaguars started their possession at their own 31-yard line after the Raiders scored to cap a 95-yard drive on Geno Smith 's 7-yard TD pass to Brock Bowers with 39 seconds left in the half.
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence set the attempt up when he threw an 18-yard pass to Parker Washington to the 50-yard line. With no timeouts left, Lawrence rushed the offense to the ball and spiked it with four seconds left.
Little, who made a 70-yard field goal in a preseason game at home against Pittsburgh , has been in a slump and had made 10 of 14 attempts entering the game, as well as missing his first conversion as a college or pro kicker.
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His missed, three of the four coming wide right, were from 47 yards twice and 50 yards twice.
Little went home during the bye week and practiced at his old high school field in Moore, Okla., with his father, to, as he said, "get back to my roots."
His previous long field goal was 59 yards last year against Detroit , which also tied the Jaguars' record with Josh Scobee and Josh Lambo .
Little tied the game early in the third quarter with a 32-yard attempt. The attempt barely slid inside the left upright, from 36 yards closer than Little's record kick.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jaguars kicker Cam Little slams home an NFL-record 68-yard field goal
