Hollis's injury is part of the game; kickers occasionally have to throw their bodies in front of much larger men.
"During the game, their kicker kept coming to our sideline to borrow a tee to kick off because he didn't have one.
The 1983 49ers were trailing the 9-7 Linns in the fourth quarter of the division round when Joe Montana connected with Freddie Solomon for a touchdown to tie the game, with kicker Ray Wersching's extra point sealing Detroit's fate.
But Arizona had made sure that there would be nothing more foolish in this game than kicker Bill Gramatica's leap-to-the-sky, fall-to-the-dumps celebration after booting a field goal for the game's first points.
True to the nature of that game, Colts kicker Jim O'Brien's extra-point attempt was blocked (though he later redeemed himself with the game-winning field goal).
During practice before the game, California kicker Tyler Fredrickson practiced kicking the ball high to avoid what was expected to be a difficult Virginia Tech kick-blocking attack.
The Chargers allow the fewest fantasy points per game to kickers (4) while the Chiefs allow the third most points per game to the position (10.1).
When the Jets play the Saints tonight in a preseason game, two kickers -- Kight and Doug Brien -- will get a chance to prove they deserve the job.
In those games, both kickers had timeouts called before misses.
Foley, who had a mixed game as place kicker, missed the conversion but slotted a penalty later in the half.
