Cameron Dicker and the Los Angeles Chargers made NFL history on Thursday night when they converted the first fair catch kick ...

Chargers' Cameron Dicker made a rare fair-catch free-kick field goal from 57 yards out, the longest in NFL history. Only ...

Just before halftime of Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Chargers punt returner ...

Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker booted the very rare, 57-yard free kick right through the uprights to make it the first ...

Fans of obscure NFL rules had their moment in the sun during ... That’s where the fair-catch free kick rule came in. The rule in question is not well known and applied in this situation because ...

According to NFL rules, a team can go for three points by ... that has crossed the line of scrimmage, or of an airborne free kick”. When the ball is in flight, the receiving player must signal ...

Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker just did something no NFL player has done since 1976. What is a fair-catch kick?

All general rules apply as for a field goal ... playing for the Chargers when he hit his free kick, which means the only two fair-catch kicks the NFL has seen since 1970 have been converted ...

And this is where things got interesting. Per NFL rules, a team that calls for a fair catch can either go for a drop kick or free kick from the spot of the grab. But, in this case, with the 15 ...

It's my favorite rule in football," Jim Harbaugh said of the fair-catch kick. The play helped jump-start the Chargers' ...

The Los Angeles Chargers line up for a rare fair catch kick against the Denver Broncos. / @NFL Cameron Dicker and ... to play a regular down or attempt a free kick. Or, as was the case on Thursday ...