Cameron Dicker last week became the first NFL kicker to convert a free kick since Wersching did it while with the Chargers in ...

Ray Wersching was a surprise Chargers guest, invited by the Spanos family to also meet Cameron Dicker, whose free kick was ...

"It was a great job by Cameron Dicker and [Chargers Special Teams Coordinator] Ryan Ficken," Harbaugh said. "Again, just want ...

The play is such an NFL rarity that a YouTube highlight compilation of free kicks — ones that made their way to TV — is under ...

It was the first to score points since 1976, when Ray Wersching of the then-San Diego Chargers knocked one through from 45 yards out at the end of the first half against the Buffalo Bills.

Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker meets with the media to discuss the opportunity to meet Ray Wersching, his performance ...

Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker booted the very rare, 57-yard free kick right through the uprights to make it the first ...

Only five NFL teams had previously tried the kick in the 21st century, and nobody had successfully executed it since Ray ...

Kicker Cameron Dicker nailed the NFL's longest-ever free kick field goal, sending it through the uprights from 57 yards in a ...

Before last night, it had been 48 years since an NFL team successfully converted a fair-catch free kick. In the interim, nine consecutive fair-catch free kicks had failed (including the postseason).

But why, you may ask? A free kick is not often utilized in the NFL these days and one hasn’t been made in nearly 50 years, since Ray Wersching did so in 1976. But what is a free kick?

EL SEGUNDO — Ray Wersching was relaxing at home Thursday night in San Francisco. He was watching the Chargers-Denver Broncos game on TV when something heightened his attention as the game neared ...