Phil Dawson

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Phil Dawson
Phil Dawson 2012.jpg
Phil Dawson (2012)
Position (s):
Kicker 		Jersey number (s):
9
born on January 23, 1975 in West Palm Beach , Florida
Career information
Active : 1999 - 2019
Undrafted in 1998
College : University of Texas at Austin
Teams

* only offseason / no regular season assignments

Career statistics
Field goals     441
Field goal attempts     526
Quota     83.8%
Farthest field goal     57 yards
Extra points     518/531
Quota     97.6%
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Philip Drury Dawson (* 23 January 1975 in West Palm Beach , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the Kickers . He played for the Cleveland Browns , the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Dawson went to Lake Highlands High School in Dallas , Texas . As early as 1992, he kicked a field goal from 52 yards . In addition to the kicker position, he also played as a right tackle in his time in high school. He later went to the University of Texas at Austin . For the college football team, he scored 80 points in his freshman year.

NFL

Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots

In the 1998 season, Dawson was part of the Practice Squad of the Oakland Raiders and then the New England Patriots . He did not play a game for either team.

Cleveland Browns

Dawson signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns in 1999 . To date (2015) he holds the franchise records for the most consecutive field goals (29) and for the most field goals in a game (6) for the Browns. On October 10, 1999, in his first professional season, he scored a run-down touchdown in a fake field goal attempt against the Cincinnati Bengals . The Browns lost the game 17:18. It was his first and so far (as of 2015) only touchdown. Besides him, only three other kickers had run a touchdown in the NFL by then. He stayed with the Cleveland Browns until 2012.

San Francisco 49ers

Dawson signed a contract with the San Francisco 49ers on March 19, 2013 . Here he scored 27 consecutive field goals in his first season before he missed a 24-yard field goal against the Arizona Cardinals on the final day of the 2013 season .

Arizona Cardinals

On March 10, 2017, Dawson signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals. On November 26, 2017, he scored the decisive field goal from 57 yards in the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 27:24 win. It is the longest field goal of his career.

Cleveland Browns

Phil Dawson signed a one-day contract with the Cleveland Browns to resign from his first club.

Personal

Dawson lives in Austin , Texas with his wife, two sons, and daughter .

Trivia

  • On November 18, 2007 in the game of the Cleveland Browns against the Baltimore Ravens , he tried to achieve a 51-yard field goal at 33:30 for the Ravens. After his shot, the ball slammed onto the left goal post and from there onto the inner curved rod that "holds up" the goal. From there the ball jumped back into the field. At first the field goal was not given. 33:30 would have been the final score. Since at the time in the NFL a field goal could not be examined by means of video evidence, the referees discussed among themselves whether the field goal counted or not. Finally it was decided to give the field goal and it went into overtime with a score of 33:33 . Here the Cleveland Browns finally won with 36:33. Since the 2008 season , video evidence has been allowed at field goals. This rule is also known as the "Phil Dawson Rule".
  • Dawson shoots with his right foot but throws with his left hand.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dawson's Greatest Kicks (video) . Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 5, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clevelandbrowns.com
  2. ↑ 49ers Sign K Phil Dawson . Archived from the original on March 23, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 5, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.49ers.com
  3. ↑ JR De Groote: Thank You Phil: Dawson Officially Retires With Browns on heavy.com, August 2, 2019, accessed August 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Replay on all field goals, probably a long shot .
personal data
SURNAME Dawson, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dawson, Philip Drury (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd January 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH West Palm Beach , Florida , United States