TheNew England Patriots routed the New York Giantsin front of a national television audience on"Monday Night Football"at Gillette Stadium on Monday, Dec. 1.
The win was the streaking Patriots' 10th in a row as New Englandowns the NFL's best recordafterWeek 13.
However, what fans might remember most from the Patriots'33-15win over the Giants might bea real unfortunate moment for New York's kicker, Younghoe Koo. It is arguably the biggest blooper of the2025 season, and among the NFL's biggest field goal blunders.
Here we've listed some of the all-time NFL field goal fails:
Week 5: Buffalo Bills wide receiver Curtis Samuel makes a catch against the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium. The Bills wore their new "Rivalries" uniform for the "Sunday Night Football" game, which the Patriots won, 23-20." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 5: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield awaits the snap against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. Both teams wore throwback uniforms in the Buccaneers' 38-35 win. The Buccaneers and Seahawks entered the NFL together as expansion teams in 1976." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 4: Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix (10) hands the ball off to running back J.K. Dobbins during the "Monday Night Football" game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Empower Field at Mile High. The Broncos wore their "Midnight Navy" uniforms for the 28-3 win." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 4: Miami Dolphins running back De'von Achane rushes the ball against the New York Jets during a 27-21 win on "Monday Night Football" at Hard Rock Stadium. The Dolphins wore their new their Nike "Rivalries" uniforms – the team version dubbed "Dark Waters."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 4: The Arizona Cardinals defense tackles Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tory Horton (15) during the first quarter of a "Thursday Night Football" game at State Farm Stadium. The Cardinals became the first NFL team to wear the new Nike "Rivalries" uniform in a game. The Seahawks won the game, 23-20." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 3: New Orleans Saints running back Kendre Miller (5) stiff arms Seattle Seahawks linebacker Tyrice Knight (48) during the second quarter at Lumen Field. The Saints wore their all-white uniform and helmet combo for the first time in the 44-13 loss." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 3: San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey carries the ball against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half at Levi's Stadium. The 49ers wore throwback jerseys - an homage to the team's 1950s look, as well as its 1994 Super Bowl-winning season - in the 16-15 win against the Cardinals." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Week 2: Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy (9) runs the ball against the Atlanta Falcons at U.S. Bank Stadium. Sporting "The Vikings Classic" throwback uniform inspired by the team's look during the 1960s and '70s, Minnesota was defeated, 22-6." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Can't-miss alternate and throwback uniforms of the 2025 NFL season
11. Younghoe Koo kicks FieldTurf
Down 17-7, the Giants already were in a bad way at Gillette Stadium against the Patriots. Koo lined up for a 47-yard attempt that could have trimmed New England's lead down to seven. Instead, Koo's boot came up short. Literally.He kicked into the artificial surfaceinches behind the ball. Giants holder Jamie Gillan had to pick up the ball and scramble. He was tackled for what will go into the record books as a sack.
The football follies-worthy momentwas embarrassing for the Giants kicker, but ultimately did not factor into the game.
10. Joe Nedney vs.Bearsin 2005
They don't call it the Windy City for nothing. On a mid-November afternoon at Soldier Field, Chicago lived up to its moniker as high winds wreaked havoc on the Bears' matchup with theSan Francisco 49ers.
Sporting a 3-0 lead in the final seconds of the first half, 49ers head coach Mike Nolan sent Joe Nedney out to attempt a 52-yard field goal. What the heck, right? What's the worst that can happen? Well, the worst did happen. Nedney's kick into a stiff wind pushed the ball well off target and into the arms of the Bears' Nathan Vasher. Vasher collected the ball 8 yards deep in the end zone, eluded 49ers pursuers andscampered for an unlikely touchdown. After Vasher had one of the longest plays in NFL history, the Bears would go on to win,17-9.
9. Lane Kiffin has Sebastian Janikowski attempt 76-yarder
Kiffin has been in the news latelyforyet another ugly coaching exit. Two days before Al Davis had seen enough from his young head coach, the polarizing Kiffin sent Sebastian Janikowski out to attempt a 76-yard field goal during a game in Week 4 of the 2008 season.It did not go well.Davis fired Kiffin, and who can forget the press conference announcing the dismissal in whichDavis used an overhead projectorlike a 1980s-era science teacher?
8. Cody Parkey double-doink in 2018 playoffs
NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth made "double doink" part of NFL lexicon after the Bears' Cody Parkey missed a 43-yard field goal attempt in an NFC wild-card playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Parkey's kick hit the uprights, then the crossbar before landing in the end zone.
"The Bears' season is going to end on a double doink,"Collinsworth said during the game broadcast.
Parkey had made a habit of hitting the uprights,including four timesin a game against the Detroit Lions.
7. Blair Walsh in 2015 playoffs
Walsh – who was a Pro Bowl kicker during the 2012 season – was put on the spot in a 2015 wild-card playoff game against theSeattle Seahawks. The game was played outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium – normal home to theMinnesota Golden Gophers football team– in the season before the team's new stadium, TCF Bank Stadium, opened. In below-zero temperatures, the Seahawks and Vikings had played a low-scoring game. Minnesota, however, managed to get Walsh into position to move the team onto the divisional round, setting up the kicker for a game-winning 27-yard field goal attempt. Instead,Walsh missed badlyand Seattle prevailed,10-9.
6. Mike Vanderjagt in 2005 playoffs
The2005 Indianapolis Coltswere on a real heater. The team opened the season 13-0 before finishing 14-2. TheColtshosted the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC divisional playoff game at the RCA Dome in what would bea memorable playoff showdown. After falling behind 21-3 to the Steelers, the Colts had rallied and down 21-18 had put kicker Mike Vanderjagt into position to tie the game. Instead, Vanderjagt missed badly ona 46-yard field goal attempt, and to top it off got penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after the play.
Nearly three years earlier, Vanderjagt went on a cable TV show in Toronto and criticized future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and Colts coach Tony Dungy for a lack of competitiveness.Asked about Vanderjagt's comments, Manning said "our idiot kicker who got liquored up and ran his mouth off."
The 2005 playoff was Vanderjagt's last game with the Colts. The Steelers, meanwhile, went on to winSuper Bowl XL.
5. Tony Romo botches snap in 2006 playoff
The Seahawks defeated theCowboys, 21-20, inan unforgettable wild-card playoff gamein Seattle. The game is known primarily for a botched hold by Tony Romo on what would have been a go-ahead field goal in the game's final minute. Cowboys kicker Martin Gramatica lined up for a 19-yard field goal with 1:19 remaining in the game. Romo was the holder (back when quarterbacks would occasionally take part in such plays). The snap from center slipped through Romo's hands. The quarterback then picked up the ball and attempted to scramble for the end zone, but was tackled for no gain on what was a fourth-and-1 play.
4. Garo Yepremian in Super Bowl VII
About the only imperfect aspect of theMiami Dolphins' perfect 1972 season wasa crazy playon a blocked field goal attempt by kicker Garo Yepremian in Super Bowl VII against Washington at the L.A. Coliseum. Yepremian lined up for an attempt that if made, would have put the Dolphins up 17-0 in a 17-0 season. Instead, the kick was blocked, Yepremian picked up the football and tried to throw a pass. It was instead deflected into the hands of Washington's Mike Bass who raced 49 yards for a touchdown. The Dolphins still won,14-7, but Yepremian's play lives in pro football infamy.
3. Billy Cundiff in 2011 AFC title game
TheBaltimore Ravensand New England Patriots met in a hotly contested AFC championship game that came down to the final seconds. Trailing 23-20 with 15 seconds remaining in the game, the Ravens sent kicker Billy Cundiff out for a game-tying 32-yard field goal attempt.Cundiff missed badlyand the Patriots would go on to play inSuper Bowl 46.
Adding to Baltimore's misery was that Cundiff's kick didn't even need to happen. Two plays earlier, Ravens receiverLee Evans couldn't hold onto a Joe Flacco passin the end zone. After Evans' drop, Cundiff sealed the Ravens' fate at Gillette Stadium.
2. Gary Anderson in 1998 NFC title game
TheMinnesota Vikingswere up 27-20 against the surprising Atlanta Falcons inthe NFC championship game, and were in position to ice the game. With just over two minutes remaining, Vikings kicker Gary Anderson lined up for a 39-yard field goal attempt that would have given the Vikings a 10-point lead and nearly assured the team's first trip to the Super Bowl since the mid-1970s. Instead, Anderson – who had made 39 consecutive field goals before this kick (no missed field goals or extra points during the entire 1998 season) –missed wide left. The Falcons had new life, marched down the field and scored the game-tying touchdown. In overtime, the Falcons kicker – Morten Andersen – booted the winner (a 38-yarder) and the Falcons were a stunning Super Bowl entrant.
1. Scott Norwood in Super Bowl 25
One of the greatest Super Bowls ever played ended on a missed field goal. Scott Norwood's miss is a tempting butterfly effect debate. What would have happened had he made the kick? Instead, theBuffalo Billswent on to lose four consecutive Super Bowls. In an epic clash with theNew York Giants, the Bills moved into position to win the game in the final seconds. Norwood's 47-yard attemptsailed wide rightand the Giants held on fora hard-fought 20-19 win.
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