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data-file-width="2029" data-file-height="1353" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texan</a> running back <a href="/wiki/Arian_Foster" title="Arian Foster">Arian Foster</a> fumbles the ball against the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> during a 2010 NFL regular season game.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fumbles.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Fumbles.png/330px-Fumbles.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Fumbles.png/500px-Fumbles.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Fumbles.png/600px-Fumbles.png 2x" data-file-width="771" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption>The rate of fumbles by running backs in the NFL has decreased steadily since the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">AFL–NFL merger</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>fumble</b> in <a href="/wiki/Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">gridiron football</a> occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled), scoring, or going <a href="/wiki/Out_of_bounds" title="Out of bounds">out of bounds</a>. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking, punting, or successful handing that results in loss of ball possession by a player. Unlike other events which cause the ball to become loose, such as an <a href="/wiki/Incomplete_pass" title="Incomplete pass">incomplete pass</a>, a fumbled ball is considered a live ball, and may be recovered and advanced by any member of either team. </p><p>A fumble may be forced by a defensive player who either grabs or punches the ball or butts the ball with their helmet (a move called "tackling the ball"). A fumbled ball may be recovered and advanced by either team (except, in American football, after the two-minute warning in either half/overtime or on 4th down at any point during the game, when the fumbler is the only offensive player allowed to advance the ball, otherwise the ball is ruled dead at the spot of the fumble, except when it is recovered for a loss). </p><p>A fumble is one of three events that can cause a <a href="/wiki/Turnover_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Turnover (football)">turnover</a> (the other two being an <a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">interception</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Turnover_on_downs" title="Turnover on downs">turnover on downs</a>). </p><p>Under American rules a fumble may be confused with a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football#Muff" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">muff</a>. A muff occurs where a player drops a ball that he does not have clear possession of, such as while attempting to catch a <a href="/wiki/Lateral_pass" title="Lateral pass">lateral pass</a> or improperly fielding a kicking play such as a <a href="/wiki/Punt_(gridiron_football)" title="Punt (gridiron football)">punt</a> (a player cannot "fumble" a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football#Loose_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">loose ball</a>). Ball security is the ability of a player to maintain control over the football during play and thus avoid a fumble. Thus, losing possession of the ball via a fumble includes not only dropping the ball before being downed; but, also having a ball taken away, or “stripped” from the runner's possession before being downed. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rules">Rules</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the ball is fumbled the <a href="/wiki/Defensive_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive team">defensive team</a> may recover the ball and even advance it to their opponents' goal. The same is true for the offense, but usually, when the offense recovers the ball they simply try to down it. In American football, the offense cannot advance the ball if it recovers its own fumble on fourth down, or in the last two minutes of a half/overtime unless the fumbler recovers the ball (there are no such restrictions in Canadian football). However, the defense cannot advance the ball either if they fumble the ball back to the offense (unless it is recovered by the defensive fumbler). However, if the offense fumbles the ball, the defense recovers, and then fumbles back to the offense, they would get a new first down since possession had formally changed over the course of the play even though the ball had never been blown dead. In American football, there is no separate signal to indicate a fumble recovery. If the offense recovers its own fumble and down it, the official will indicate the recovery by a hand signal showing the next down. If the defense recovers the fumble, the official will indicate with a "first down" signal in the direction the recovering team is driving the ball. Some officials have erroneously used a "first down" signal when the offense recovers its own fumble and the recovery did not result in a first down. </p><p>It is not a fumble when a <a href="/wiki/Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">forward pass</a> is attempted and is not caught. In this latter case, it is simply an <a href="/wiki/Incomplete_pass" title="Incomplete pass">incomplete pass</a>. However, if the receiver catches the ball, but then drops it after gaining control of the ball, that is a fumble. </p><p>Any number of fumbles can be committed during a play, including fumbles by the team originally on defense. Most famously, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Leon_Lett" title="Leon Lett">Leon Lett</a> fumbled during <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII" title="Super Bowl XXVII">Super Bowl XXVII</a> while celebrating during his own fumble return. </p><p>A sometimes controversial maxim is "the ground cannot cause a fumble". If a player is tackled and loses control of the ball at or after the time he makes contact with the ground, the player is treated as down and the ball is not in play. However, in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a>, if a ball carrier falls without an opponent contacting him, the ground can indeed cause a fumble. This is because in those leagues the ball carrier is not "down" unless an opponent first makes contact, or the runner is out of bounds. In most other leagues, as soon as the knee or elbow touches the ground, the ball carrier is considered down. It is also possible for the ground to cause a fumble in college football if the ball hits the ground before any part of the ball carrier's body (other than the hand or foot) touches the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An example was the fumble by Arkansas quarterback Clint Stoerner vs. Tennessee in 1998. </p><p>When a fumbled ball goes out of bounds before being recovered, the result varies:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A fumble going out of bounds between the <a href="/wiki/End_zone" title="End zone">end zones</a> is retained by the last team with possession (in <a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a>, the last team to touch the ball). If the ball was moving backwards with regard to the recovering team, it is spotted where it went out of bounds. If the ball was moving forwards, it is spotted where the fumble occurred (the fumble itself cannot advance the ball).</li> <li>If a ball is fumbled in the field of play, goes forward into the opponent's <a href="/wiki/End_zone" title="End zone">end zone</a>, and then goes over the end line or sideline, a <a href="/wiki/Touchback" title="Touchback">touchback</a> is awarded to the defensive team.</li> <li>If a team fumbles the ball out of bounds in its own <a href="/wiki/End_zone" title="End zone">end zone</a> (even if the ball moves forward out of the end zone before going out of bounds), or fumbles in the field of play and the ball then goes into that team's end zone and out of bounds, the result depends on which team caused the ball to enter the end zone. If the possessing team possessed or forced the ball into the end zone, it is a <a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_football_score)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American football score)">safety</a>, subject to the momentum rules that apply to safeties. If the opponent forced the ball into the end zone, it is a <a href="/wiki/Touchback" title="Touchback">touchback</a>. <ul><li>However, in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Football League (2022)">USFL</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a ball fumbled by the offense within the field of play that goes out of bounds in the defensive team's end zone is not a touchback. Instead, the ball is spotted at the spot of the fumble, with the offense retaining possession unless the fumble occurred on fourth down before the offense reached the line to gain, in which case the defense receives possession.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>A fumbled ball that is touched by an out-of-bounds player is considered an out-of-bounds fumble, even if the ball never leaves the field of play. </p><p>In addition, a <a href="/wiki/Punt_(gridiron_football)" title="Punt (gridiron football)">punted</a> or place-kicked ball that touches any part of a player on the receiving team, whether or not the player ever gains control, is considered to be live and is treated like a fumble. Also, lateral passes that are caught by a member of the opposing team are recorded as fumbles as opposed to interceptions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Play_during_fumbles">Play during fumbles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Play during fumbles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg/300px-Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg/450px-Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg/600px-Peach_Bowl_fumble_aftermath.jpg 2x" data-file-width="898" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>Officials sort out possession after a fumble at the <a href="/wiki/2006_Chick-fil-A_Bowl" title="2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl">2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl</a> between <a href="/wiki/2006_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2006 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/2006_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">Virginia Tech</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since footballs tend to bounce in unpredictable ways, particularly on <a href="/wiki/Artificial_turf" title="Artificial turf">artificial turf</a>, attempting to recover and advance a fumbled ball is risky even for those with good manual <a href="/wiki/Coordination_(physiology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordination (physiology)">coordination</a>. Coaches at lower levels of the game usually therefore prefer that players, particularly those such as interior <a href="/wiki/Lineman_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lineman (football)">linemen</a> who do not normally handle the ball in the course of play, simply fall on the ball. Gaining or retaining possession is more important in most situations than attempting to advance the ball and possibly score, and there have been many instances where those attempting to do so have wound up fumbling the ball back to the other team. </p><p>Recovering and advancing a fumble is also made difficult, and potentially injurious, by the effect on play. Since neither team is on offense or defense while the ball remains loose, there are no restrictions on the type of contact allowed as long as all players are making legitimate efforts to recover it. A loose ball has been described as the only situation in football where the rules are suspended.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>If the ball remains loose, every player on the field will eventually gravitate towards it, increasing the chaos around it. Spectators relish the suspense. Some players, particularly <a href="/wiki/Offensive_lineman" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive lineman">offensive linemen</a>, have a reputation for taking advantage of the situation to do things to opponents that would otherwise draw penalties, since the <a href="/wiki/Official" title="Official">officials</a>' attention is necessarily focused on the ball and away from the players trying to get to it. Most commonly, players will "pile on" opponents already down trying to recover the ball. Some NFL players also report that pokes in the eyes, pinches or other abuse is common in post-fumble pileups, conduct which has sometimes led to confrontations, fights or even brawls. </p><p>The usual aftermath of a fumble, at every level of play, is a pile of players, many still squirming diligently despite the <a href="/wiki/Whistle" title="Whistle">whistle</a>, surrounded by teammates pointing upfield (the hand signal for a <a href="/wiki/Down_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Down (football)">first down</a>) while the officials slowly extricate them in an effort to determine who has won possession. If two different players have hands on the ball, it is often a judgement call on the officials' part as to which team gets it. In the NFL and CFL this has often been the occasion for coaches to call for a review of the <a href="/wiki/Instant_replay" title="Instant replay">instant replay</a>. </p><p>Fumbles recovered for touchdowns in the end zone are often the only way offensive linemen score points. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_fumble_recovery">Proper fumble recovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proper fumble recovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most obvious way to recover a loose football would be to fall <a href="/wiki/Prone_position" title="Prone position">prone</a> atop it and cradle it between both arms against the <a href="/wiki/Abdomen" title="Abdomen">abdomen</a>. Amateur players are seen doing this all the time, particularly when playing <a href="/wiki/Touch_football_(American)" title="Touch football (American)">touch football</a>, and it can even be seen in professional contests. </p><p>However, coaches tell players not to do this in game situations if at all possible, since not only is the ball likely to squirt loose again once other players pile on, there is also a possibility of injury, such as a <a href="/wiki/Ruptured_spleen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruptured spleen">ruptured spleen</a>, from the ball being driven into the soft organs with great force. </p><p>Instead, players are taught to fall on their sides and augment their cradling with a <a href="/wiki/Thigh" title="Thigh">thigh</a> and upper body, if possible. This greatly reduces both the chance of losing the ball and the potential for injury (at least from the ball). </p><p>Fumbles cannot be recovered with any body part that does not also involve at least one of the recovering player's arms. </p><p>Coaches are also increasingly encouraging their players to use the "scoop and score" method of picking it up and attempting to return it for a <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TMQ_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMQ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intentional_fumbling">Intentional fumbling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Intentional fumbling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A very rarely used <a href="/wiki/Trick_play" title="Trick play">trick play</a> known as the "fake fumble" calls for the quarterback to lay the ball on the ground as he backs up after receiving the snap, so that a pulling <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">guard</a> can pick it up and run the ball around the end. Coaches are very leery of calling this, however, as a team must be able to execute it flawlessly in order for it to have a chance of working in a game situation. The guard must also be able to run the ball competently and protect it when being tackled, both not usually part of the skill set for the position. </p><p>The "fake fumble" is in fact a real one as far as the rules are concerned, and if the defense manages to get the ball, the coach's judgement is likely to be questioned by fans and media alike.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> While it is a crowd pleaser when done properly, the risk far outweighs the likely reward <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. For this reason it is most likely to be used in informal touch football games. It was sometimes used in the <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college game</a> before the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> banned it in 1992. It has almost never been used in the NFL or any other professional league. </p><p>The best-known fake fumble is probably the <a href="/wiki/Fumblerooski" title="Fumblerooski">Fumblerooski</a> play in the 1984 Orange Bowl (see below). </p><p>Fumbling forward, as the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roller_(American_football)" title="Holy Roller (American football)">Holy Roller</a> play (see below) demonstrated, once was a viable offensive tactic in desperate situations, but the rules have been changed to discourage that. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_place_of_opening_coin_toss">Use in place of opening coin toss</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Use in place of opening coin toss"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">XFL</a>, a competing pro league which played its sole season in 2001, used a fumble recovery instead of a <a href="/wiki/Coin_flipping" title="Coin flipping">coin toss</a> to decide which team would get to choose whether to <a href="/wiki/Kickoff_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickoff (American football)">kick off</a> or receive at the opening of the game and before <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)" title="Overtime (sports)">overtime</a>. A player from each team would sprint, alongside the other, toward a loose ball at the middle of the field, and whoever was able to gain possession won the right for their team to decide. </p><p>The idea was that such a key element of the game would be decided by a test of playing skill, not <a href="/wiki/Luck" title="Luck">chance</a>. Because of a high rate of injury in these events, the idea never caught on in any other level of football, and the coin toss remains the standard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_fumbles">Famous fumbles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Famous fumbles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fumbles have sometimes played a role in deciding games. Some of these have been so unique as to not only earn their own distinctive sobriquets, but to change the way the game has been played afterwards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_football">College football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: College football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Fumblerooski" title="Fumblerooski">Fumblerooski</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL">NFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roller_(American_football)" title="Holy Roller (American football)">Holy Roller</a></b>: The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> won a September 10, 1978, contest against divisional rivals the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> through another intentional fumble. With ten seconds left, down 20–14, quarterback <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Ken Stabler</a> fumbled the ball forward to avoid being <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sacked</a> at the Chargers' 15-yard line. Two other players, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Banaszak" title="Pete Banaszak">Pete Banaszak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Casper" title="Dave Casper">Dave Casper</a>, attempted to recover it but batted it forward when they could not. Finally it reached the end zone, where Casper fell on it for the tying touchdown, which cleared the way for the <a href="/wiki/Extra_point" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra point">extra point</a> that gave the Raiders the win. Officials decided to allow the touchdown on the grounds that the fumbles did not appear to be intentional and thus could not be considered <a href="/wiki/Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">forward passes</a>, but Stabler freely admitted his was. Chargers fans have referred to the play as the <b>Immaculate Deception</b> ever since, and after the 1978 season, the NFL instituted the current rule that a forward fumble in the last two minutes of play (or on fourth down) can only be advanced, if recovered by the fumbling team, by the player who originally fumbled.</li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Miracle_at_the_Meadowlands" title="Miracle at the Meadowlands">Miracle at the Meadowlands</a></b>: Later <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">that season</a>, on November 19, 1978, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> were closing out an apparent 17–12 victory over the visiting <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. With 31 seconds left to play, they had the ball on third down. The Eagles had no <a href="/wiki/Sport_time-out" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport time-out">timeouts</a> left. All the Giants had to do was snap the ball one more time, and since they had <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_kneel" title="Quarterback kneel">knelt</a> with the ball on the play before, it was expected they would do it and the game would be over. However, the kneel-down play was not universally accepted as an honorable way to win a game at the time, and Giants' <a href="/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" title="Offensive coordinator">offensive coordinator</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Bob Gibson</a> ordered quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pisarcik" title="Joe Pisarcik">Joe Pisarcik</a> (with whom he had been having a running feud over play-calling authority) to hand the ball off to <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">fullback</a> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Larry Csonka</a> for one more run up the middle to end the game. Csonka was reluctant to take the ball, and instead Pisarcik fumbled the handoff, allowing Eagles' <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a> <a href="/wiki/Herman_Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="Herman Edwards">Herman Edwards</a> to return it for the winning touchdown. <b>The Fumble</b>, as outraged Giants' fans still call it, spurred the Eagles to the playoffs that season and precipitated a complete overhaul of the Giants' coaching and management staff, eventually reversing years of decline. Gibson was fired the next day. The following week, kneeling with the ball when possible to <a href="/wiki/Running_out_the_clock" title="Running out the clock">run out the clock</a> and preserve a victory became <a href="/wiki/Standing_operating_procedure" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing operating procedure">standard operating procedure</a> in the NFL.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Fumble" title="The Fumble">The Fumble</a></b>: The dubious honor of having committed "The" fumble goes to <a href="/wiki/Earnest_Byner" title="Earnest Byner">Earnest Byner</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>. On January 17, 1988, he lost the ball just short of the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>' goal line with 65 seconds left in the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NFL_playoffs" title="1987–88 NFL playoffs">AFC championship game</a>. He appeared to be on his way to a certain touchdown until <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Castille" title="Jeremiah Castille">Jeremiah Castille</a> barely managed to reach out and jar the ball loose from his grip. The touchdown-that-wasn't would have tied the game (assuming a made extra point) and kept alive the Browns' <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> hopes. Instead, the Broncos spotted them a <a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_football_score)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American football score)">safety</a> and the game ended in a 38-33 Broncos victory. The play has entered Cleveland sports lore as one of several instances in which the city's teams were frustrated at the last minute on the way to possible future glory.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII" title="Super Bowl XXVII">Super Bowl XXVII</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Lett" title="Leon Lett">Leon Lett</a>'s loss of the ball on the way to an apparent touchdown late in the game has gone down in football history as one of the most preventable fumbles. The <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_lineman" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive lineman">defensive tackle</a> had recovered one of the Bills' record-setting five lost fumbles in late in the game and had slowed down as he approached the goal line, waving his arms out to his side in celebration. <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a> <a href="/wiki/Don_Beebe" title="Don Beebe">Don Beebe</a>, who had sprinted down the field unseen by Lett, caught up inside the 5 yard line and was able to knock the ball loose from behind. The ball subsequently rolled out of the end zone for a <a href="/wiki/Touchback" title="Touchback">touchback</a>, giving the ball back to the Bills. Beebe's team by that point had no chance to win, but Lett's premature showboating prevented the Cowboys from setting a new record for most points scored by one team in a Super Bowl. Despite an otherwise commendable career, that play and Lett's later unnecessary attempt to recover a blocked field goal, which cost Dallas the next season's <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Thanksgiving_Day" title="NFL on Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving Day game</a>, have led to him being ill-remembered by football fans.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><b>Romo's fumbled hold</b>: In the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NFL_playoffs" title="2006–07 NFL playoffs">2006–07 NFL playoffs</a> Wild Card round versus the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a>, Dallas Cowboys quarterback and kick holder <a href="/wiki/Tony_Romo" title="Tony Romo">Tony Romo</a> dropped the ball as kicker <a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Gram%C3%A1tica" class="mw-redirect" title="Martín Gramática">Martín Gramática</a> was set to kick a go-ahead 19-yard field goal. Romo recovered his fumble and attempted to run the ball in for a touchdown or a first down, but was tackled inches short of the first down marker by <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Babineaux" title="Jordan Babineaux">Jordan Babineaux</a>, allowing the Seahawks to run the clock out and win the game. Since this game, a common stereotype has been used to paint Romo as a "choker" in big moments by detractors with this particular incident as the most common example.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Butt_fumble" class="mw-redirect" title="Butt fumble">butt fumble</a></b>: On November 22, 2012, during the primetime <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Thanksgiving_Day" title="NFL on Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving Day game</a> between the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>, Jets quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanchez" title="Mark Sanchez">Mark Sanchez</a> slipped and collided with the backside of his teammate <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Moore_(guard)" title="Brandon Moore (guard)">Brandon Moore</a> and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by the Patriots' <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gregory_(American_football)" title="Steve Gregory (American football)">Steve Gregory</a> and returned for a <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a>. Adding insult to injury, the Jets' <a href="/wiki/Joe_McKnight" title="Joe McKnight">Joe McKnight</a> fumbled the ensuing kickoff, which <a href="/wiki/Julian_Edelman" title="Julian Edelman">Julian Edelman</a> recovered and returned for another Patriots touchdown.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional_Canadian_football">Professional Canadian football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Professional Canadian football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the fourth quarter of the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Grey_Cup" title="42nd Grey Cup">42nd Grey Cup</a> game in 1954, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hunsinger" title="Chuck Hunsinger">Chuck Hunsinger</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Alouettes" title="Montreal Alouettes">Montreal Alouettes</a> lost the ball on the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a>' 15-yard line. Edmonton's <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Parker" title="Jackie Parker">Jackie Parker</a> recovered the <a href="/wiki/Bouncing_ball" title="Bouncing ball">bouncing ball</a> on the 20 and ran 90 yards for what would prove to be the game-winning touchdown. Generations of fans, reviewing the film, have disagreed on whether Hunsinger fumbled or attempted a <a href="/wiki/Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">forward pass</a> to an ineligible receiver.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/105th_Grey_Cup" title="105th Grey Cup">105th Grey Cup</a> in 2017, the Toronto Argonauts' <a href="/wiki/Cassius_Vaughn" title="Cassius Vaughn">Cassius Vaughn</a> capitalized on a <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Stampeders" title="Calgary Stampeders">Calgary Stampeders</a> fumble by <a href="/wiki/Kamar_Jorden" title="Kamar Jorden">Kamar Jorden</a> at the Toronto nine-yard line and returned the ball for a Grey Cup-record-setting 109 yards for a touchdown. The <a href="/wiki/Two-point_convert" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-point convert">two-point convert</a> tied the game up 24–24 with under five minutes to play in regulation, and Toronto went on to win 27–24.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_statistics">In statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Game <a href="/wiki/Box_score" title="Box score">box scores</a> commonly record how many fumbles a team made and how many it recovered. A fumble is credited to the last player who handled it from the possessing team, regardless of whether it may have been his fault or not. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL_2">NFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Teams">Teams</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most own fumbles, season: 56; <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, <a href="/wiki/1938_NFL_season" title="1938 NFL season">1938</a>; <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a>.</li> <li>Fewest fumbles, season: 6, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_season" title="2011 NFL season">2011</a>.</li> <li>Most fumbles, game: 10; <a href="/wiki/Steagles" title="Steagles">Phil-Pitt "Steagles"</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, October 9, 1943; <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>, November 12, 1967; <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>, October 12, 1969; San Francisco vs. <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, December 17, 1978.</li> <li>Most fumbles lost, season: 36, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cardinals_(NFL,_1920%E2%80%9359)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)">Chicago Cardinals</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_season" title="1959 NFL season">1959</a>.</li> <li>Fewest fumbles lost, season: 2, Kansas City Chiefs, <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>.</li> <li>Most fumbles lost, game: 8, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>, October 25, 1976; <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>, December 23, 1990.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles, season: 50, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a>; <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a>.</li> <li>Fewest opponents' fumbles, season: 11, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a>; <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_season" title="1998 NFL season">1998</a>.</li> <li>Most fumbles recovered, season: 58, Minnesota Vikings, <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a>.</li> <li>Most fumbles recovered, game: 10, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> (5 own, 5 opponents) vs. <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a>, December 13, 1964; Pittsburgh Steelers (5/5) vs. Houston Oilers, December 9, 1973; <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (2/8) vs. <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, October 25, 1976</li> <li>Fewest fumbles recovered, season: 9, San Francisco 49ers, <a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a>.</li> <li>Most own fumbles recovered, season: 37, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, 1938.</li> <li>Fewest own fumbles recovered, season: 2; Washington Redskins, <a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_season" title="1958 NFL season">1958</a>; <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_season" title="2000 NFL season">2000</a>.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered: 31, Minnesota Vikings, <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a>.</li> <li>Fewest opponents' fumbles recovered: 3, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a>; <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a>.</li> <li>Most fumble recoveries for touchdowns, season: 5; Chicago Bears (1 own, 4 opponents'), <a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_season" title="1942 NFL season">1942</a>; Los Angeles Rams (1 own, 4 opponents'), <a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_season" title="1952 NFL season">1952</a>; San Francisco 49ers (1 own, 4 opponents'), <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>; <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> (2 own, 3 opponents'), <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a>.</li> <li>Most fumble recoveries for touchdowns, game: 2, many teams in many games.</li> <li>Most own fumble recoveries for touchdowns, season: 2; Chicago Bears, <a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_season" title="1953 NFL season">1953</a>; <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>, 1973; Buffalo Bills, <a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a>; Denver Broncos, <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a>; Oakland Raiders, 1978; Green Bay Packers, 1982 and <a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a>; <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a>; Cleveland Browns, <a href="/wiki/1986_NFL_season" title="1986 NFL season">1986</a>; Miami Dolphins, <a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a>; Buffalo Bills, 2000.</li> <li>Most own fumble recoveries for touchdowns, game: 2, Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots, September 1, 1996</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered for touchdowns, season: 4; <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, <a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_season" title="1937 NFL season">1937</a>; Chicago Bears, 1942; Boston (<a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC</a>), 1948; Los Angeles Rams, 1952; San Francisco 49ers, 1965; Denver Broncos, <a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_season" title="1984 NFL season">1984</a>; St. Louis Cardinals, <a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a>; Minnesota Vikings, 1989; Atlanta Falcons, <a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a> and 1998; <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a>; New Orleans Saints, 1998; Kansas City Chiefs, <a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999</a>.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered for touchdowns, game: 2, many times by many teams, most recently by the Green Bay Packers vs. St. Louis Rams, November 29, 2004.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Players">Players</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most fumbles, career: 166, <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a>, 1992–2010</li> <li>Most fumbles, season: 23; <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Collins" title="Kerry Collins">Kerry Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a>, 2002.</li> <li>Most fumbles, game: 7, <a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">Len Dawson</a>, Kansas City Chiefs vs. <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>, November 15, 1964.</li> <li>Most fumbles recovered, career: 56, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Warren Moon</a>.</li> <li>Most fumbles recovered, season: 12, <a href="/wiki/David_Carr_(American_football)" title="David Carr (American football)">David Carr</a>, 2002.</li> <li>Most fumbles recovered, game: 4; <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a>, Cleveland Browns vs. New York Giants, October 25, 1953; <a href="/wiki/Sam_Etcheverry" title="Sam Etcheverry">Sam Etcheverry</a>, St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Giants, September 17, 1961; <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Roman Gabriel</a>, Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers, October 12, 1969; <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ferguson" title="Joe Ferguson">Joe Ferguson</a>, Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins, September 18, 1977; <a href="/wiki/Randall_Cunningham" title="Randall Cunningham">Randall Cunningham</a>, Philadelphia Eagles vs. Oakland Raiders, November 30, 1986 (<a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)" title="Overtime (sports)">OT</a>).</li> <li>Most own fumbles recovered, career: 56, Warren Moon.</li> <li>Most own fumbles recovered, season: 12, <a href="/wiki/David_Carr_(American_football)" title="David Carr (American football)">David Carr</a>, 2002.</li> <li>Most own fumbles recovered, game: 4, holders the same as most fumbles recovered, game, above.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered, career: 29, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Marshall_(defensive_end)" title="Jim Marshall (defensive end)">Jim Marshall</a></li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered, season: 9, <a href="/wiki/Don_Hultz" title="Don Hultz">Don Hultz</a>, 1963.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered, game: 3, held by 15 different players, most recently <a href="/wiki/Brian_Young_(American_football,_born_1977)" title="Brian Young (American football, born 1977)">Brian Young</a>, St. Louis Rams vs. <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a>, November 9, 2003.</li> <li>Longest fumble return: 104 yards, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Tatum" title="Jack Tatum">Jack Tatum</a>, Oakland Raiders vs. Green Bay Packers, September 24, 1972; <a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Aeneas Williams</a>, Arizona Cardinals vs. Washington Redskins, November 5, 2000.</li> <li>Longest playoff fumble Return: 98 yards, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Hubbard" title="Sam Hubbard">Sam Hubbard</a>, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens, January 15, 2023.</li> <li>Most fumble recoveries or returns for touchdowns, career: 6, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Jason Taylor</a>.</li> <li>Most fumble recoveries or returns for touchdowns, season: 2, over 30 players, most recently <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Chinn" title="Jeremy Chinn">Jeremy Chinn</a> <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a></li> <li>Most own fumbles recovered or advanced for touchdowns, career: 2; <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kavanaugh" title="Ken Kavanaugh">Ken Kavanaugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gail_Cogdill" title="Gail Cogdill">Gail Cogdill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad" title="Ahmad Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mitchell_(tight_end)" title="Jim Mitchell (tight end)">Jim Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Drew Pearson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Del_Rodgers" title="Del Rodgers">Del Rodgers</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Richard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan Richard (page does not exist)">Alan Richard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Curtis" title="Kevin Curtis">Kevin Curtis</a>.</li> <li>Most own fumbles recovered or advanced for touchdowns, season: 2; Rashad, 1974, Rodgers, 1982, and Curtis, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles returned or recovered for touchdowns, career: 6, Jason Taylor.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles returned or recovered for touchdowns, season: 2, over 30 players as described above ending with Chinn.</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles returned or recovered for touchdowns, game: Fred "Dippy" Evans, Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins, November 28, 1948, Jeremy Chinn, Carolina Panthers vs Minnesota Vikings, November 29, 2020.</li> <li>Fewest fumbles, career (more than 400 touches): <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Williams" title="Jamaal Williams">Jamaal Williams</a>, never fumbled, 622 touches (through 2021 NFL season)</li> <li>Most consecutive touches without a fumble: <ul><li>712 (<a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">LaDainian Tomlinson</a>, longest streak since 1991)<sup id="cite_ref-Thou_Shalt_Never_Fumble_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thou_Shalt_Never_Fumble-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>870 (Steven Jackson, Rams/Falcons/Patriots RB-November 13, 2011 fumble against Browns was last fumble of career) <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Games">Games</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fumble&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most fumbles: 14, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (8) vs. <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> (6), November 14, 1937; Chicago Bears (7) vs. Cleveland Browns (7), November 24, 1940; <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (8) vs. New York Giants (6), September 17, 1961; Kansas City Chiefs vs. <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>, October 12, 1969.</li> <li>Most fumble recoveries for touchdowns: 3; Detroit Lions (2) vs. Minnesota Vikings (1), December 9, 1962 (2 own, 1 opponents'); Green Bay Packers (2) vs. <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> (1), November 29, 1964 (all opponents'); Oakland Raiders (2) vs. Buffalo Bills (1), December 24, 1967 (all opponents'); Oakland Raiders (2) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (1), September 24, 1995 (all opponents'); Tennessee Titans (2) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (1), January 2, 2000 (all opponents').</li> <li>Most opponents' fumbles recovered for touchdowns: 3 (see last four above).</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fumble" title="Special:EditPage/Fumble">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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