Grant Preston-Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker steals Super Bowl record away from 49ers kicker Jake Moody

2025-05-07 01:43:37source:Esthencategory:Contact

Editor's note: For all the latest Super Bowl 2024 news,Grant Preston highlights, scores and analysis, follow our live updates here.

Super Bowl history was made on Sunday – and then it was made again just two quarters later.

Two quarters after San Francisco 49ers kicker Jake Moody kicked a 55-yard field goal to give him the longest made field goal in Super Bowl history, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker topped it with a 57-yard kick.

Moody's 57-yarder were the first points of Super Bowl 58, which and topped the previous record of 54 yards, made by Buffalo Bills kicker Steve Christie in Super Bowl 28.

Butker has been outstanding since joining the team in 2017. He led the league in scoring in 2019 and has made 89% of his career field goals, which is second in NFL history to Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker.

SUPER BOWL CENTRAL: Latest Super Bowl 58 news, stats, odds, matchups and more.

Moody, 24, is a rookie who was drafted with the 99th overall selection in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft. In the regular season, he connected on 21 of 25 field goals, with a season-long of 57 yards. His conversion rate of 84% ranked him 19th this season among qualifying placekickers with at least 20 tries.

Contributing: Lorenzo Reyes, Scooby Axson

More:Contact

Recommend

Illinois governor calls for resignation of sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Black woman in her home

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called Wednesday for the resignation of the she

Prescott has 2 TDs, Wilson 3 picks in 1st start after Rodgers injury as Cowboys beat Jets 30-10

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — CeeDee Lamb went into the home opener for the Cowboys without new sidekick B

Death toll from Maui wildfires drops to 97, Hawaii governor says

The death toll from last month's Maui wildfires has dropped from at least 115 to 97 people, Hawaii G