Chiefs’ Harrison Butker didn’t hit Super Bowl record kick as cleanly as he’d hoped
Harrison Butker’s back foot was on the 50-yard line as he was mentally preparing himself for a field goal in the third quarter of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium.
Butker, the Chiefs kicker, was about to attempt a 57-yard field goal. The snap came to holder Tommy Townsend, who was kneeling on the NFL shield at midfield.
In other words, this was going to be a long field-goal attempt.
Butker drilled the kick, setting a Super Bowl record, breaking a mark that had been established way back in the second quarter. San Francisco’s Jake Moody had made a 55-yard attempt for the first points of the game.
But Butker erased Moody’s mark before it could even be entered in the record book, thanks to this kick, which cut the 49ers’ lead to 10-6.
That wasn’t a Chiefs record. Butker holds that mark after he made a 62-yard attempt against the Buffalo Bills during the 2022 season.
Here’s the thing about Butker’s kick in the Super Bowl: he didn’t hit it as cleanly as he would have liked.
”I knew I had the power for it,” Butker said. “Being indoors is great. The field was awesome. I hit a lot of ground, so it came out super low. I was glad it didn’t get blocked and that it was on line. I just didn’t know about the distance, and it did.”
And now, in addition to being a three-time Super Bowl champion, Butker has a Super Bowl record.
“Obviously a very cool record to have, and I’m very thankful for it,” Butker said.
This story was originally published February 11, 2024 at 9:03 PM.
