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No merge of "convert" and two-point conversion. Completely different play than the extra point. Vidor ( talk) 22:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
And for that matter, this article should be listed under "extra point". Vidor ( talk) 22:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't this be under "Try"? That's what the rulebook calls it: http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/try 147.136.249.101 ( talk) 04:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved to Conversion (gridiron football), whether or not Convert should be a DAB is another decision Mike Cline ( talk) 17:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Convert →
point after touchdown – "Convert" is neither widely understood nor the term that appears in the rule books (I am given to understand the rulebooks call it a "try"). This title is at least widely used. --
Trovatore (
talk) 10:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Notice that in the NFL, the extra point must be tried after a touchdown which occurred not in overtime, but in the regulation game; as a result, we have this remark here in Wikipedia:
"Rarely, this can result in such an attempt having to be made at the end of the game when it cannot change the outcome of the game."
2 days ago, the Philadelphia Eagles went up by one point by scoring a TD against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as time ran out. As the referee said, by rule the extra point had to be attempted. It was good, and the final score was Phila. 23, T.B. 21. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 ( talk) 16:17, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
is it noteworthy by the standards of this wiki, that in the 2013 German Bowl (GFL, Finale) the Dresden Monarchs lost to the New Yorker Lions Braunschweig 34-35 due to a missed extra point after the first Touchdown of the Dresden Monarchs (Kickers name was Jan Hilgenfeldt)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.30.210.129 ( talk) 15:38, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Reception (American football) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 07:59, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
Before the NFL instituted the two point conversion in 1994, could teams score an extra point by passing or running the ball into the endzone in the case of a botched snap? 50.136.139.204 ( talk) 08:22, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
I.e. is it taken from opposite where the touchdown was scored (as in rugby) or always in the centre i.e. directly opposite the posts ? Rcbutcher ( talk) 15:04, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
If this article retains its title of "Conversion (gridiron football), it needs to be noted that the term "conversion" has at least two meanings, if not three.
1. The one-point conversion kick aka "try" after a touchdown.
2. The two-point conversion "try" after the touchdown, by running or passing in an attempt to cross the goal line.
3. The shortened term for "fourth down conversion", which is a play on fourth down that successfully gains the originally required 10 yard advance from the original line of scrimmage at the beginning of the 1st down. If successful, the offense has thus "converted" their 4th down into a 1st down. Often referred to as "they got the conversion".
This being one of the options for fourth down instead of attempting a field goal or punting the ball.
At the very least there should be a link to either "Downs (gridiron)" or a link to "Fourth Down Conversion" in the article "Glossary of American football" or both. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Mcrodgers2 (
talk •
contribs) 21:33, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
I read the term "conversion" in a statistical analysis on football and came to this page, when the author really meant a fourth-down conversion. I was thoroughly confused until deciding to Google "conversion" myself and find another definition. csytrn ( talk) 02:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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No merge of "convert" and two-point conversion. Completely different play than the extra point. Vidor ( talk) 22:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
And for that matter, this article should be listed under "extra point". Vidor ( talk) 22:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't this be under "Try"? That's what the rulebook calls it: http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/try 147.136.249.101 ( talk) 04:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved to Conversion (gridiron football), whether or not Convert should be a DAB is another decision Mike Cline ( talk) 17:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Convert →
point after touchdown – "Convert" is neither widely understood nor the term that appears in the rule books (I am given to understand the rulebooks call it a "try"). This title is at least widely used. --
Trovatore (
talk) 10:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Notice that in the NFL, the extra point must be tried after a touchdown which occurred not in overtime, but in the regulation game; as a result, we have this remark here in Wikipedia:
"Rarely, this can result in such an attempt having to be made at the end of the game when it cannot change the outcome of the game."
2 days ago, the Philadelphia Eagles went up by one point by scoring a TD against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as time ran out. As the referee said, by rule the extra point had to be attempted. It was good, and the final score was Phila. 23, T.B. 21. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 ( talk) 16:17, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
is it noteworthy by the standards of this wiki, that in the 2013 German Bowl (GFL, Finale) the Dresden Monarchs lost to the New Yorker Lions Braunschweig 34-35 due to a missed extra point after the first Touchdown of the Dresden Monarchs (Kickers name was Jan Hilgenfeldt)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.30.210.129 ( talk) 15:38, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Reception (American football) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 07:59, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
Before the NFL instituted the two point conversion in 1994, could teams score an extra point by passing or running the ball into the endzone in the case of a botched snap? 50.136.139.204 ( talk) 08:22, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
I.e. is it taken from opposite where the touchdown was scored (as in rugby) or always in the centre i.e. directly opposite the posts ? Rcbutcher ( talk) 15:04, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
If this article retains its title of "Conversion (gridiron football), it needs to be noted that the term "conversion" has at least two meanings, if not three.
1. The one-point conversion kick aka "try" after a touchdown.
2. The two-point conversion "try" after the touchdown, by running or passing in an attempt to cross the goal line.
3. The shortened term for "fourth down conversion", which is a play on fourth down that successfully gains the originally required 10 yard advance from the original line of scrimmage at the beginning of the 1st down. If successful, the offense has thus "converted" their 4th down into a 1st down. Often referred to as "they got the conversion".
This being one of the options for fourth down instead of attempting a field goal or punting the ball.
At the very least there should be a link to either "Downs (gridiron)" or a link to "Fourth Down Conversion" in the article "Glossary of American football" or both. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Mcrodgers2 (
talk •
contribs) 21:33, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
I read the term "conversion" in a statistical analysis on football and came to this page, when the author really meant a fourth-down conversion. I was thoroughly confused until deciding to Google "conversion" myself and find another definition. csytrn ( talk) 02:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)