Situations and play calling

The field goal harvest

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.

Held in 27 of 27 seasons, from 26,249 records measured.

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Money Time: Why Points Cluster at the End of HalvesThe final two minutes of each half hold about one of every six scores in a football game, on one fifteenth of the clock. It is structural, and you can set your snack schedule by it.

FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.