re: Without looking it up, how can an NFL game end in a 6-1 final score?

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Most "likely" scenario, team A scores a TD, decides to go for 2. Gets several penalties and gets backed up to say the 40 yard line, they decide to kick it, the long snap sails high over the holder's and ends up going toward their goal. The kicker and holder chase after it, get possession, and inexplicably get tackled in their own endzone or commit a hold in their own endzone.

Score is 6-1.

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but I’m with ya

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Most "likely" scenario, team A scores a TD, decides to go for 2. Gets several penalties and gets backed up to say the 40 yard line, they decide to kick it, the long snap sails high over the holder's head and ends up going toward their goal. The kicker and holder chase after it, get possession, and inexplicably get tackled in their own endzone or commit a hold in their own endzone.

Score is 6-1

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It’s basically impossible for a snap to go that far I think unless the LS was actively trying to do it, not just a bad snap (and even then, and even factoring in the roll, I’m not sure any snapper could get the ball to travel 60 yards). I’ve never seen a bad snap on a punt travel more than 40 yards with the roll, and that’s when it’s a punt (15 yards away compared to 8 yards for a kick).

I think the “more likely” scenario (though extremely extremely extremely unlikely) is Team A is kicking an extra point or going for two. Team B blocks the kick/intercepts/returns a fumble the other way trying to score two points. Team A tackles Team B on Team A’s 5-yard line and Team B fumbles. Team A picks it up at the 1 to attempt to return it 99 yards back the other way. In doing so, Team A runs into its own end zone on the return attempt and is tackled.

ETA: Using your example, Team A could have a bad snap and Team B could start returning it and then the aforementioned paragraph happens, but I don’t see a bad snap actually being able to make it all the way to the end zone on the other side of the field.