- Morten Andersen
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This article is about the American football kicker. For other people with the same name, see Morten Andersen (disambiguation).
Morten Andersen No. 5, 6, 7, 8 Kicker Personal information Date of birth: August 19, 1960 Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 225 lb (102 kg) Career information College: Michigan State NFL Draft: 1982 / Round: 4 / Pick: 86 Debuted in 1982 for the New Orleans Saints Last played in 2007 for the Atlanta Falcons Career history Career highlights and awards - 7× Pro Bowl selection ('1985, '1986, '1987, '1988, '1990, '1992, '1995)
- 6× All-Pro selection (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995)
- 2× PFWA's Golden Toe Award (1986, 1995)
- Super Bowl Appearance (1998)
- NFL's 1980s All-Decade Team
- NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team
- Multiple NFL records
- New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics as of end of career Field goals 565/709 (.797) Extra points 849/859 (.988) Points 2,544 Stats at NFL.com Morten Andersen (born August 19, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark), nicknamed "The Great Dane", is a former National Football League kicker. He holds the distinction of being the all-time leading scorer in NFL history, as well as being the all-time leading scorer for two different teams; the New Orleans Saints, with whom he spent 13 seasons, and the Atlanta Falcons, with whom he spent a combined eight seasons.
He officially retired December 8, 2008, after not having played all season.[1]
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Early life
Andersen was born in Copenhagen and raised in the west Jutland town of Struer, Denmark.[2] As a student, he was a gymnast and a long jumper, and barely missed becoming a member of the Danish junior national soccer team. He visited the United States in 1977 as a Youth For Understanding exchange student. He first kicked an American football on a whim at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. He was so impressive in his one season of high school football that he was given a scholarship to Michigan State University.
Andersen, with his left leg as his dominant kicking leg, starred at Michigan State, setting several records, including a Big Ten Conference record 63-yard field goal against Ohio State University. He was named an All American in 1981. His success landed him the kicking job with the New Orleans Saints. On September 24, 2011 he was inducted into the Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame.
NFL career
Andersen's NFL career got off to a rocky start. On his first NFL kickoff to start the strike-shortened 1982 season, Andersen twisted his ankle and missed eight weeks of the season.[3] Despite the early setback, he soon emerged as one of the strongest and most reliable placekickers in the NFL. In his years with the Saints, he was named to six Pro Bowls, kicked 302 field goals, and scored 1318 points. In 1991, against Chicago, Andersen kicked a 60-yard field goal, tying him with Steve Cox for the second-longest field goal in league history at the time, behind the 63-yard record-holder kicked by Tom Dempsey. (Andersen's kick has since been matched by Rob Bironas and Dan Carpenter, and surpassed by Sebastian Janikowski (twice), Jason Elam and Matt Bryant.) Andersen's proficiency with field goal kicking earned him the nickname "Mr. Automatic." Following the 1994 season, he was released by the Saints for salary cap purposes and because his accuracy had started to decline.
Following his release by the Saints, Andersen signed with the Atlanta Falcons. He silenced those who felt him to be washed up and was once again named a Pro Bowler during his time in Atlanta. In December 1995 against the Saints, he became the first player in NFL history to kick three field goals of over 50 yards in a single game.
In Week 17 of the 1996 season, Andersen missed a 30-yard field goal that enabled the Jacksonville Jaguars to make the playoffs.[4] Two years later, he kicked a game-winning field goal in overtime in the 1998 NFC Championship Game to beat the Minnesota Vikings and send the Falcons to its first-ever Super Bowl appearance.
There are a number of interesting coincidences between Andersen and former NFL placekicker Gary Anderson. Anderson and Andersen have nearly identical last names, were born within a year of one another outside the United States (Anderson was born in South Africa), came to the United States as teenagers, had long and successful NFL careers throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and hold first or second place in a number of NFL records for scoring, field goals, and longevity. Their overall accuracy is also nearly identical; their career percentage being within .5 % of each other on both FGs and PATs. Also, Anderson missed a field goal in the 1998 NFC Championship Game for the Minnesota Vikings before Andersen kicked his winning kick, both from the same distance as well.
Andersen went on to play with the New York Giants for the 2001 season, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs the following two seasons. In the 2004 offseason, Andersen was beaten out for the kicking job by rookie Lawrence Tynes. He was released by the Chiefs for the final roster cut, and was subsequently signed by the Vikings. Although his leg strength had declined greatly with age, he continued to prove himself accurate for field goals. Having not been signed by a team following the 2004 season, he became a free agent and did not play in 2005. He announced NFL Europe games in the 2005 season.
In January 2006, Andersen was inducted as the first member of the Danish American Football Federation Hall of Fame. Later that year, Andersen returned to the NFL, re-signing with the Atlanta Falcons; Andersen was brought in to help Michael Koenen, who was at the time performing double duty as punter and kicker (an extremely rare occurrence in the NFL) missing several field goals in that capacity, and Koenen reverted to strictly punting after Andersen's signing. His first game back was against his former team, the Saints, on Monday Night Football. The game was the first game in the Louisiana Superdome since Hurricane Katrina prevented its use for the entire 2005 regular season. Andersen scored the only Falcon points with a 26-yard field goal in the first quarter. In his second game back, Andersen made 5 of 5 field goals (matching his career best for the ninth time), as well as both extra point attempts.[5] He was named NFC special teams player of the week, becoming the oldest player to earn the honor since the award was first introduced in 1984.[6] He is also the team record holder for both the New Orleans Saints[7] and the Atlanta Falcons for overall points scored.
On December 16, 2006, Andersen passed Gary Anderson to become the all-time leading scorer in NFL history. The following weekend, December 24, 2006 Andersen again passed Anderson to become the NFL's career leader in field goals made.
On September 17, 2007, he again signed with the Falcons in an attempt to secure their unreliable kicking game. By the end of the regular season he had made 25 of 28 field goals (89.3%), the most accurate season of his career.
In the 2008 season, Morten Andersen did not get a contract with any team, but waited until December 8 to officially retire.[1][8] If Morten Andersen had played on or after December 6, he would have been the oldest NFL player to play, breaking George Blanda's record.[9][10]
On November 6, 2009, Morten Andersen was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame.[11]
Career regular season statistics
Regular season statistics Season Team (record) G FGM FGA % <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG BLK XPM XPA % PTS 1982 New Orleans Saints (4-5) 8 2 5 40.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-3 0-1 45 0 6 6 100.0 12 1983 New Orleans Saints (8-8) 16 18 24 75.0 2-2 8-8 3-4 2-6 3-4 52 1 37 38 97.4 91 1984 New Orleans Saints (7-9) 16 20 27 74.1 0-0 9-9 4-4 5-11 2-3 53 1 34 34 100.0 94 1985 New Orleans Saints (5-11) 16 31 35 88.6 0-0 4-5 13-14 11-12 3-4 55 1 27 29 93.1 108 1986 New Orleans Saints (7-9) 16 26 30 86.7 1-1 11-11 6-7 6-6 2-5 53 0 30 30 100.0 120 1987 New Orleans Saints (12-3) 12 28 36 77.8 3-3 6-6 9-9 8-12 2-6 52 0 37 37 100.0 121 1988 New Orleans Saints (10-6) 16 26 36 72.2 1-1 11-12 8-11 5-8 1-4 51 1 32 33 97.0 110 1989 New Orleans Saints (9-7) 16 20 29 69.0 0-0 7-8 10-11 3-6 0-4 49 1 44 45 97.8 104 1990 New Orleans Saints (8-8) 16 21 27 77.8 0-0 5-5 5-6 8-12 3-4 52 1 29 29 100.0 92 1991 New Orleans Saints (11-5) 16 25 32 78.1 0-0 6-6 11-13 6-9 2-4 60 0 38 38 100.0 113 1992 New Orleans Saints (12-4) 16 29 34 85.3 0-0 10-10 8-10 8-11 3-3 52 0 33 34 97.1 120 1993 New Orleans Saints (8-8) 16 28 35 80.0 2-2 7-7 7-7 11-14 1-5 56 0 33 33 100.0 117 1994 New Orleans Saints (7-9) 16 28 39 71.8 0-0 9-9 11-14 8-10 0-6 48 3 32 32 100.0 116 1995 Atlanta Falcons (9-7) 16 31 37 83.8 1-1 8-8 11-11 3-8 8-9 59 2 29 30 96.7 122 1996 Atlanta Falcons (3-13) 16 22 29 75.9 0-0 5-5 9-11 7-8 1-5 54 1 31 31 100.0 97 1997 Atlanta Falcons (7-9) 16 23 27 85.2 1-1 10-10 7-7 3-6 2-3 55 0 35 35 100.0 104 1998 Atlanta Falcons (14-2) 16 23 28 82.1 0-1 8-9 7-7 6-9 2-2 53 2 51 52 98.1 120 1999 Atlanta Falcons (5-11) 16 15 21 71.4 1-1 5-5 5-8 4-6 0-1 49 1 34 34 100.0 79 2000 Atlanta Falcons (4-12) 16 25 31 80.6 0-0 6-6 6-7 11-15 2-3 51 0 23 23 100.0 98 2001 New York Giants (7-9) 16 23 28 82.1 0-0 8-8 7-8 6-7 2-5 51 0 29 30 96.7 98 2002 Kansas City Chiefs (8-8) 14 22 26 84.8 0-0 6-6 10-10 5-9 1-1 50 0 51 51 100.0 117 2003 Kansas City Chiefs (13-3) 16 16 20 80.0 0-0 3-3 8-8 5-8 0-1 49 1 58 59 98.3 106 2004 Minnesota Vikings (8-8) 16 18 22 81.8 1-1 8-8 5-7 4-6 0-0 48 0 45 45 100.0 99 2006 Atlanta Falcons (7-9) 14 20 23 87.0 0-0 7-8 6-6 7-8 0-1 45 1 27 27 100.0 87 2007 Atlanta Falcons (4-12) 14 25 28 89.3 0-0 9-9 12-12 4-7 0-0 47 1 24 24 100.0 99 Career (25 seasons) 382 565 709 79.7 13-14 176-181 189-213 147-217 40-84 60 18 849 859 98.8 2544 NFL records
At the end of his career Andersen held the following NFL records (As of 2009):
- Most games played (career) - 382[12]
- Most consecutive games played by a placekicker - 248
- Most field goals attempted (career) - 709[13]
- Most field goals (career) - 565[14]
- Most points (career) - 2,544[15]
- Most seasons, 75 or more points (career) - 24[16]
- Most consecutive seasons, 75 or more points (career) - 23
- Most seasons, 90 or more points (career) - 22[17]
- Most seasons, 98 or more points (career) - 18[18]
- Most game winning field goals (career) - 103
- Games with 1+ field goals (career) - 299[19]
- Games with 2+ field goals (career) - 178[20]
- Oldest player to score 14 points in a game - 47 years, 133 days (for Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks, December 30, 2007)[21]
- Oldest player to kick 4 field goals in a game - 47 years, 42 days (for Atlanta Falcons vs. Houston Texans, September 30, 2007)[22]
- Oldest player to kick 5 field goals in a game - 46 years, 43 days[23]
- Most field goals attempted of 50 or more yards (total) - 84
- Most field goals (50 or more yards) in a season - 8 (tied with Jason Hanson)
- Most field goals (50 or more yards) in a game - 3 (vs. New Orleans, December 10, 1995) (tied with Neil Rackers, Connor Barth, Kris Brown, Sebastian Janikowski, and Josh Scobee)
- Most consecutive games scoring (career) - 360
- Most games scoring (career) - 379
- Most consecutive seasons scoring (career) - 23 - tied with Gary Anderson
- Most consecutive calendar years scoring (career) - 26
Team Scoring Records:
- New Orleans Saints- 1,318 points
- Atlanta Falcons - 806 points
(Only player to hold career statistical franchise record for two NFL teams)
- New Orleans Saints - FGs made/attempted: 302/389
- Atlanta Falcons - FGs made/attempted: 184/224
- New Orleans Saints - PATs made/attempted: 412/418
- Atlanta Falcons - PATs made/attempted: 254/256
Pro Bowl records:
- Most points in Pro Bowl (total) - 45 (15 points after touchdown, 10 field goals)
- Most points after touchdown in Pro Bowl (total) - 15
- Most field goal attempts in Pro Bowl (total) - 18
- Most field goals in Pro Bowl (total) - 10
Andersen holds 2nd place in the following NFL records:
- Most PATs attempted (career) - 859 (1st place: George Blanda, 959)
- Most PATs made (career) - 849 (1st place: George Blanda, 943)
- Most seasons - 25 (1st place: George Blanda, 26)
- Most seasons, 100 or more points - 14 (1st place: Jason Elam, 16)[24]
- Most games with 5 or more field goals (career) - 9 (John Carney, 11)
Andersen had stated that his goal was to be the first NFL player to play until he turns 50 in 2010.[25] However he retired December 8, 2008 – just two days after he would have become the oldest person ever to play in an NFL game, if he had gotten a contract. The record held by George Blanda still stands – Blanda played in his last NFL game on January 4, 1976 (the 1975 AFC Championship) at the age of 48 years, 109 days.
References
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- ^ "Morten Andersen #7". nflplayers.com. http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=164. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
- ^ Zimmerman, Paul (October 16, 2003). "Just For Kicks". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/dr_z/10/15/insider/index.html. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ AP (December 23, 1996). "Andersen's Miss Puts Jaguars in Postseason". Chicago Sun Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4356188.html. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ "Sportsticker NFL Recap (Arizona-Atlanta)". CoverWire.com. http://www.coverwire.com/football/score_recap.htm?logged=&gm=ATLANTAARIZONA10012006. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ Ageless K Andersen earns NFC honors, NFL, October 4, 2006
- ^ Scoring at New Orleans Saints
- ^ Andersen, NFL's all-time top scorer, retires
- ^ .Thanks for the Memories, Mort! FalconsLife Posted by J. Michael Moore .
- ^ .[1] History. Players Who've Played in NFL at Age 40 or Older.
- ^ Brian Allee-Walsh, "Ex-Saints coach Jim Mora says Morten Andersen a shoo-in for Canton, Ohio", Times-Picayune, November 6, 2009.
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- ^ Bob Harris, 2003 Camp Battles: Kickers lace 'em up, Sports Illustrated, August 7, 2003
External links
- MortenAndersen.com Morten's Official Website
- Morten Andersen at ESPN.com
- Minnesota Score story on Andersen
- NFL All-Time Statistical Leaders from The Sports Network
- Morten Andersen's statistics on pro-football-reference.com
Preceded by
Gary Anderson
(2,434)Career NFL points record holder
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Gary Anderson
(538)Career NFL Field Goals made
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2006–presentSucceeded by
Current record holderPreceded by
Gary Anderson
(672)Career NFL Field Goal Attempts
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Special Teams P Ray Guy, So. Miss 1972 | PK Morten Andersen, Michigan State, 1982 | KR Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma 1974
OL Gene Upshaw, Texas A&I, 1967 | OL Jerry Kramer, Idaho, 1958] | OL Randall McDaniel, Arizona State, 1988 | G Tom Banks, Auburn, 1970 | C Mike Webster, Wisconsin, 1973
Defense: DE Jack Youngblood, Florida, 1971 | DE Ed Jones, Tennessee State, 1974 | DT Bubba Smith, Michigan State, 1967 | DT Joe Greene, North Texas State, 1969 | OLB Ted Hendricks, Miami, 1969 | OLB Derrick Thomas, Alabama, 1989 | MLB Ray Nitschke, Illinois, 1958 | MLB Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama, 1963
CB Roger Wehrli, Missouri, 1969 | CB Dale Carter, Tennessee, 1992 | FS Paul Krause, Iowa, 1964 | SS Albert Lewis, Grambling, 1983Walter Camp Man of the Year Award winners 1967 — Hamilton Fish 1968 — Ted Blair 1969 — Pete Rozelle 1970 — Harry Kipke 1971 — Doc Blanchard 1972 — Clinton Frank 1973 — Duffy Daugherty 1974 — Jake Gaither 1975 — Pete Dawkins 1976 — Edward Krause 1977 — Fred Dunlap 1978 — Floyd Little 1979 — Jack Kemp 1980 — Gale Sayers 1981 — Otto Graham 1982 — Merlin Olsen 1983 — Roger Staubach 1984 — Don Shula 1985 — Rocky Bleier 1986 — Willie Davis 1987 — Levi Jackson 1988 — Andy Robustelli 1989 — Paul Brown 1990 — Nick Buoniconti 1991 — Mel Blount 1992 — Bob Griese 1993 — Warren Moon 1994 — Dick Anderson 1995 — Reggie Williams 1996 — Lynn Swann 1997 — Calvin Hill 1998 — Lou Holtz 1999 — Gil Brandt 2000 — Howie Long 2001 — Mike Singletary 2002 — Jim Kelly 2003 — Ozzie Newsome 2004 — Anthony Munoz 2005 — Dwight Stephenson 2006 — Mike Utley 2007 — Dick Butkus 2008 — Morten Andersen 2009 — John Elway 2010 — Will ShieldsCategories:- 1960 births
- Living people
- American football placekickers
- American people of Danish descent
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Danish players of American football
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- New Orleans Saints players
- New York Giants players
- National Conference Pro Bowl players
- People from Copenhagen
- People from Indianapolis, Indiana
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