NFL fans left baffled as Chargers make use of 'rarest of rare' rules that hasn't been used since 1976 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.
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!
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.
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.
Dicker made NFL history on Thursday night with his kick on the stroke of halftime in LA.
