# Can you punt a field goal?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 21, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-punt-a-field-goal/561480 "2010-11-21T22:27:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-punt-a-field-goal/561480/41 "2013-12-06T12:46:25Z")

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> [@For You](#):
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> That is awesome, US football needs to add the rouge. Then at least we would see more runbacks (I assume that the return man cannot just catch and down the ball in the endzone for a touchback).

It would be tough to implement in American football since our stadiums weren’t designed with a large end zone.

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