Longest CFL Field Goal

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 05:14:10 PM

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 05:18:25 PM

Do we know why Paul McCallum's 62 yard field goal was changed to 63 yards 23 years later?

@Stats Junkie do you know the story?

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 05:22:31 PM

Paul's kick is at the 40 second mark.

Throw Long Bannatyne · August 10, 2025, 05:25:25 PM

Wonder if Sergio will give the NFL another kick next off-season, the length of his FG's in the last few years has to be raising a few eyebrows down South. If a hack like Brett Maher can carve out an NFL career, no reason Sergio can't grab a piece of that pie.

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 05:33:47 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on August 10, 2025, 05:25:25 PMWonder if Sergio will give the NFL another kick next off-season, the length of his FG's in the last few years has to be raising a few eyebrows down South. If a hack like Brett Maher can carve out an NFL career, no reason Sergio can't grab a piece of that pie.

Coincidentally, I was checking out the longest NFL field goals, and of the 17 that were 62 yards and longer, Maher has 3 of them.

bomb squad · August 10, 2025, 05:35:03 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on August 10, 2025, 05:25:25 PMWonder if Sergio will give the NFL another kick next off-season, the length of his FG's in the last few years has to be raising a few eyebrows down South. If a hack like Brett Maher can carve out an NFL career, no reason Sergio can't grab a piece of that pie.

No doubt. 60+ length is almost becoming a minimum requirement. Somebody just kicked a 70 yarder in pre-season.

Throw Long Bannatyne · August 10, 2025, 05:53:43 PM

Quote from: gobombersgo on August 10, 2025, 05:22:31 PMPaul's kick is at the 40 second mark.

Playing in Sask. what are the chances McCallum's kick was heavily wind assisted? The fans flag standing straight out at 1:12 shows the strength of the wind that assisted that kick, it was howling.

Stats Junkie · August 10, 2025, 06:32:40 PM

Quote from: gobombersgo on August 10, 2025, 05:18:25 PMDo we know why Paul McCallum's 62 yard field goal was changed to 63 yards 23 years later?

@Stats Junkie do you know the story?

I do know the story and I will not share the details. Sorry. Let's just say that I disagree with the decision.

Stats Junkie · August 10, 2025, 06:34:37 PM

Better video of McCallum's 62 yard FG with other angles of the placement of the tee.

Blueforlife · August 10, 2025, 06:37:49 PM

Awesome thread thanks for the info everyone

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 06:45:26 PM

I tweeted to Darren Cameron to see if the Bombers can introduct the special teams unit prior to Thursday's game.

That field goal was one of the few bright spots from the game and Sergio and crew deserve the extra recognition.

Blueforlife · August 10, 2025, 07:09:52 PM

Quote from: gobombersgo on August 10, 2025, 06:45:26 PMI tweeted to Darren Cameron to see if the Bombers can introduct the special teams unit prior to Thursday's game.

That field goal was one of the few bright spots from the game and Sergio and crew deserve the extra recognition.

ST have been very good all year, love that. Other two phases need to step up Thursday.

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 09:01:47 PM

Quote from: Stats Junkie on August 10, 2025, 06:32:40 PMI do know the story and I will not share the details. Sorry. Let's just say that I disagree with the decision.

Yeah, it seems strange to change a stat so many years after a game.

I think there should be a time restriction to make changes such as 24 hours.

A similar thing recently happened in the NHL where John Garrett was awarded a 2nd assist on Gordie Howe's last goal.

Where do league's draw the line? Do they only make changes for players that have awesome social media campaigns?

gobombersgo · August 10, 2025, 09:11:23 PM

McCallum talks about calling the league to change the record to 63 because the ball was closer to the 63 yard line.

Stats Junkie · August 10, 2025, 10:28:28 PM

Quote from: gobombersgo on August 10, 2025, 09:01:47 PMYeah, it seems strange to change a stat so many years after a game.

I think there should be a time restriction to make changes such as 24 hours.

A similar thing recently happened in the NHL where John Garrett was awarded a 2nd assist on Gordie Howe's last goal.

Where do league's draw the line? Do they only make changes for players that have awesome social media campaigns?

Quote from: gobombersgo on August 10, 2025, 09:11:23 PMMcCallum talks about calling the league to change the record to 63 because the ball was closer to the 63 yard line.

So much to say and I will just bite my tongue for a lot of it.

Based on the CFL Bylaws I came across on the now defunct cflmedia website, stat corrections must be initiated within 72 hours of the end of a game.

Can you imagine making a stat change years after the fact and having it trigger a prop bet or a player bonus.

Distance of a field goal attempt is defined as:
(6) Yardage for all Field Goal attempts will be recorded in the play-by-play from the point of the kick to the Goal Line. The point of the kick is defined as the nearest yard line. Example: A kick from 35 yards and 18 inches as measured from the goal line will be recorded as a 36-yard field goal attempt, from 35 yards and 6 inches will be deemed a 35-yard attempt.

At one point, the rule referred to the front of the kicking tee as the point selected.

When McCallum says that he was told in 2001 that the kicking spot had to reach the next line to count as a kick from that distance then that is the rule that his kick was based on.

Scoring rules and interpretations change every year. It would be a nightmare to go back and review plays from previous years if these changes were made retroactively.