The last successful fair catch field goal happened in 1976 by the Chargers' Ray Wersching. The last attempted one was in 2019 when the Panthers' Joey Slye missed a 60-yard fair catch kick.

It was the first fair-catch kick attempt in the NFL since 2019. “It's my favorite rule in football, and just been trying to get one of those, like every game,” Harbaugh said with a smile postgame.

On Thursday night in a game against the Denver Broncos, Derius Davis of the Los Angeles Chargers made a fair catch at his own 38-yard line — meaning no one could tackle him, and his team would ...