NFL fans were treated to the 'rarest of rare' circumstances on Thursday Night Football when the Los Angeles Chargers made use of a little-known rule to score three points on the stroke of halftime. Jim Harbaugh's team were hosting the Denver Broncos at SoFi but found themselves 21-10 down with time almost expired at the end of the first half.
![[Dicker made NFL history on Thursday night with his kick on the stroke of halftime in LA]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/03/93341885-0-image-a-28_1734665602966.jpg)
But then came a very unusual circumstance when the Broncos were called for a kick-catch interference as the clock ran out, leaving the Chargers in a position no other team has found themselves in recent years. The call from the refs resulted in a 15-yard penalty for the Broncos and gave the Chargers a chance to do something no team had done since 1976: a fair catch kick.
![[Ray Wersching was the last man to score a fair catch kick in the NFL - way back in 1976]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/03/93341977-14212631-image-m-30_1734665681899.jpg)
Had they have been out of kicking range, Harbaugh's team would have had to rely on a Hail Mary to end the half, but the 15-yard penalty got them just in range for Cameron Dicker to make his way onto the field. Stepping up from 59 yards out, 'Dicker the Kicker' nailed one straight through the uprights to make history, scoring the longest ever fair catch kick in the NFL.
Cameron Dicker walks off the field at halftime having just nailed his 59-yard fair catch kick. Dicker made NFL history on Thursday night with his kick on the stroke of halftime in LA. A rare fair catch free kick results in a Cameron Dicker 57-yard FG for the @Chargers 🤯It's the first free kick FG since 1976! pic.twitter.com/yb0cyPuKnR.
