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And not a PAT. Well maybe sort of. Didn't know it already existed in College Football.
"Less noticed was a change to the safety rules on extra points and 2-point conversions. A safety is now possible for either team and will be worth one point. Rule 11-3-2-c states: “If the try results in what would ordinarily be a safety against either team, one point is awarded to the opponent.”
In the past in the N.F.L., if an extra point was blocked, it would be declared dead if a defender got hold of it. Under the new rules, he can try to return it, possibly even all the way for a touchdown, which would be worth 2 points.
Perhaps a defensive player recovers the ball in the field of play, and while returning it he retreats into the end zone and is pulled down there. That will be a 1-point safety for the kicking team.
This has happened, though rarely, in the college game, notably in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, when an Oregon extra point was blocked and a Kansas State player was tackled with the ball in the end zone. Oregon was awarded a point."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/sports/football/a-1-point-score-in-the-nfl-now-its-possible.html
"Less noticed was a change to the safety rules on extra points and 2-point conversions. A safety is now possible for either team and will be worth one point. Rule 11-3-2-c states: “If the try results in what would ordinarily be a safety against either team, one point is awarded to the opponent.”
In the past in the N.F.L., if an extra point was blocked, it would be declared dead if a defender got hold of it. Under the new rules, he can try to return it, possibly even all the way for a touchdown, which would be worth 2 points.
Perhaps a defensive player recovers the ball in the field of play, and while returning it he retreats into the end zone and is pulled down there. That will be a 1-point safety for the kicking team.
This has happened, though rarely, in the college game, notably in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, when an Oregon extra point was blocked and a Kansas State player was tackled with the ball in the end zone. Oregon was awarded a point."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/sports/football/a-1-point-score-in-the-nfl-now-its-possible.html