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League XPA Success Rate Down To Lowest Since 1979

Last week, between the league’s 16 games played, the combined 32 teams collectively missed nine extra point attempts, bringing the NFL season total of misses extra point attempts up to 57 through the first 13 weeks.

During the 2014 NFL season, there were only eight missed extra point attempts for the entire year as the league collectively made their tries at a rate of 99.3 percent. That is a full five and a half percentage points more accurate than the league has been this year.

As a matter of fact, the NFL’s 93.8 percent success rate of field goal attempts represents a 36-year low.