Point
Touchdown
Touchdown noun - A score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line.
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This is the only way (except for a forfeit) for a team to have a total score of 1 point, as all other plays worth one point award the point to a team that has already scored a touchdown.
Source: Useful Notes / American Football - The Giants would defeat the Patriots in the Super Bowl that year, and consider that touchdown to be the point where they knew they had the potential to do so.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Sports -
Artistic License Sports: You can not run a blocked extra point back for a touchdown.
Source: Literature / Avalon High
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