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Andersen ties NFL scoring record with extra point

By The Associated Press
Posted 9:35AM on Saturday 16th December 2006 ( 18 years ago )
<p>Morten Andersen tied the NFL career scoring record Saturday night with a second-quarter extra point in the Atlanta Falcons' game against the Dallas Cowboys.</p><p>The 46-year-old Andersen pulled even with Gary Anderson at 2,434 points.</p><p>The previous week at Tampa Bay, Andersen tied another of Anderson's records with his 538th career field goal.</p><p>Andersen signed with the Falcons before Week 3, becoming the second-oldest player in NFL history behind George Blanda. The Atlanta kicker has made 538 of 679 field goal attempts and all but 10 of 830 extra points tries in his 24-year career.</p>

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