The goal posts made NFL history at least a couple of times in those years. The goal posts were basically white, “H” style goal posts made of wood or metal. Perhaps the 30-year gap in development is why goal post history isn’t well documented. Not much happened in terms of design and placement for about 30 years. NFL goal posts stayed there until 1974, when they were moved to the back of the end zone. In 1933, however, the NFL adopted its own rule book and placed the goal posts back on the goal line. When the NCAA moved them to the end zone’s backline in 1927, the NFL followed suit. In the NFL’s earliest days - days before the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles existed - the league followed the NCAA rule book. Soon both plays were worth 5 points, and gradually moved to modern-day scoring by 1912. Under those rules, Stephen Gostkowski’s field goals would notch 5 points, Marshawn Lynch’s TDs only 4. In football’s earliest days – and we’re talking Pudge Heffelfinger, pre-1900 days – a field goal was actually more valuable than a touchdown. But what is the story behind those fabled goal posts? We see them every game, cast in their photogenic stance.
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