Nick Lowery

Dominic Gerald Lowery (born May 27, 1956), nicknamed Nick the Kick, is a former American football placekicker. In his career he played for the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and New York Jets.[1] Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most field goals in NFL history. As of 2018 he was 16th on the National Football League's list of all-time scoring leaders, and is the Chiefs' all-time leading scorer, with 1,466 points in his 14 seasons with the club.

Nick Lowery

Lowery in 2018
No. 7, 8
Position:	Kicker
Personal information
Born:	(1956-05-27) May 27, 1956 Munich, West Germany
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	St. Albans Washington, D.C.
College:	Dartmouth
Undrafted:	1978
Career history
New England Patriots (1978) Kansas City Chiefs (1980–1993) New York Jets (1994–1996)
Career highlights and awards
3× Pro Bowl (1981, 1990, 1992) 2× First-team All-Pro (1985, 1990) Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame (2009)
Career NFL statistics
Field goals: 383 / 479 FG%: 80 Extra points: 562 / 568 Points scored: 1,711 Player stats at NFL.com

Nick grew up in Washington, D.C. and attended St. Albans School where he was a star football player.[2]

He attended Dartmouth College.[3] He has an M.P.A from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government,[3] the first pro athlete to graduate from there.

In 2009 Lowery was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame.[3]

NFL career highlights

Lowery was All-Pro 7 times during his career, and set several NFL records during his career.

• Most accurate all-time (from 1984–1997 Lowery held the all-time accuracy mark for 10 of those 12 years)
• Most games with 2 or more 50 yards field goals
• Longest field goal in the first quarter on September 18, 1983 (58 yards, tied with Greg Zuerlein)
• Lowery held the record for best PAT percentage since the goal posts were moved back 10 yards and PAT's became 20 yards, not 10 yards.
• Lowery received the NFL Players Association's most prestigious humanitarian award, the Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award, in 1993.
• Lowery kicked more than 15 game-winners during his career, including in 2 playoff games vs. the Oakland Raiders in 1992 and Pittsburgh Steelers in 1994, and also kicked the game-winning points in all 3 Pro Bowls in 1982, 1991 and 1993.
• 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame nominee
• 13th most field goals all-time (383) as of 2018[4]

Career regular season statistics

Career high/best bolded

Regular season statistics
Season	Team (record)	G	FGM	FGA	%	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	LNG	BLK	XPM	XPA	%	PTS
1978	New England Patriots (11–5)	2	0	1	0.0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0	0	7	7	100.0	7
1980	Kansas City Chiefs (8–8)	16	20	26	76.9	0–0	6–6	7–9	3–4	4–7	57	0	37	37	100.0	97
1981	Kansas City Chiefs (9–7)	16	26	36	72.2	0–0	5–5	13–15	7–9	1–7	52	0	37	38	97.4	115
1982	Kansas City Chiefs (3–6)	9	19	24	79.2	2–2	4–4	5–5	8–10	0–3	47	0	17	17	100.0	74
1983	Kansas City Chiefs (6–10)	16	24	30	80.0	1–1	5–5	6–6	10–14	2–4	58	0	44	45	97.8	116
1984	Kansas City Chiefs (8–8)	16	23	33	69.7	0–0	7–7	6–11	8–10	2–5	52	0	35	35	100.0	104
1985	Kansas City Chiefs (6–10)	16	24	27	88.9	0–0	4–4	10–11	7–7	3–5	58	0	35	35	100.0	107
1986	Kansas City Chiefs (10–6)	16	19	26	73.1	1–1	5–6	5–5	8–13	0–1	47	0	43	43	100.0	100
1987	Kansas City Chiefs (4–11)	12	19	23	82.6	1–1	4–4	8–10	4–6	2–2	54	0	26	26	100.0	83
1988	Kansas City Chiefs (4–11–1)	16	27	32	84.4	0–0	7–8	9–11	8–10	3–3	51	0	23	23	100.0	104
1989	Kansas City Chiefs (8–7–1)	16	24	33	72.7	1–1	6–6	10–14	6–9	1–3	50	0	34	35	97.1	106
1990	Kansas City Chiefs (11–5)	16	34	37	91.9	2–2	5–5	21–22	6–7	0–1	48	0	37	38	100.0	139
1991	Kansas City Chiefs (10–6)	16	25	30	83.3	2–2	11–11	8–8	4–7	0–2	48	0	35	35	100.0	110
1992	Kansas City Chiefs (10–6)	15	22	24	91.7	0–0	9–10	9–9	3–4	1–1	52	0	39	39	100.0	105
1993	Kansas City Chiefs (11–5)	16	23	29	79.3	0–0	8–8	7–9	7–11	1–1	52	2	37	37	100.0	106
1994	New York Jets (6–10)	16	20	23	87.0	0–0	8–8	6–7	6–8	0–0	49	0	26	27	96.3	86
1995	New York Jets (3–13)	14	17	21	81.0	0–0	4–4	8–10	3–3	2–4	50	0	24	24	100.0	75
1996	New York Jets (1–15)	16	17	24	70.8	0–0	9–9	6–7	2–8	0–0	46	0	26	27	96.3	77
Career (18 seasons)		260	383	479	80.0	10–10	107–110	144–169	100–141	22–49	58	2	562	568	98.9	1711

References

1. "Nick Lowery". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
2. Wilbon, Michael (25 November 1981). "Nick Lowery: St. Albans to the NFL". Washington Post.
3. Furlong, Lisa. "Nick Lowery '78". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
4. "NFL Career Total Field Goals Made Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

External links

• Nick Lowery's official foundation web site
• Lowery's Media and speaking website
• nfl.com player profile
• Chiefs Hall of Fame page for Nick Lowery