Dan Bailey

He became the third rookie in NFL history to make six field goals in a game, following in the footsteps of Garo Yepremian, who converted six-of-eight attempts on November 13, 1966, for the Detroit Lions, and Jeff Reed, who made all six tries on December 1, 2002, for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

This performance earned him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

On November 20 (Week 11), Bailey kicked his second game-winning field goal, a 39-yard kick in overtime to help the Cowboys beat the Redskins 27–24.

Bailey missed a potential game-winning 49-yard field goal during the December 4 (Week 13) game against the Arizona Cardinals.

With the game tied 13–13, with six seconds left in the fourth quarter, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett called a time-out before the snap, but Bailey's kick was good.

Following the time-out, Bailey kicked the field goal short and to the left, leaving many Cowboys fans frustrated, convinced Garrett had just iced his own kicker.

In overtime, the Cardinals won 19–13 on a touchdown by LaRod Stephens-Howling.

On December 11 (Week 14), however, in a game against the New York Giants with the Cowboys trailing 37–34, Bailey's first attempt at a game-tying 47-yard field goal was interrupted when Giants coach Tom Coughlin called a time-out, effectively icing the kicker.

Bailey's first kicked ball did go through the uprights.

However, Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul blocked Bailey's kick after the Giants' timeout.

Dan Bailey (born January 26, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL).

Bailey grew up in the Oklahoma City area and played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

This was the first time since 2001 that the Cowboys won a game without scoring a touchdown and the sixth in club history.

Bailey graduated from Southwest Covenant and was named valedictorian of the class of 2007.

Bailey originally accepted to walk on at University of Arkansas, in order to receive an academic scholarship that would cover his tuition.

After losing the competition for the starting kicker job, he was approached by head coach Houston Nutt and told that he would have to pay his own way, so he wouldn't count toward the team's scholarship limit.

Forced to leave the school, he spent one year out of college before walking on at Oklahoma State University.

As a true freshman in 2007, Bailey made 20-of-20 extra point kicks but only two-of-four field goals.

Bailey made field goals from 27 and 28-yards and missed two attempts beyond 40-yards.

Until the 2008 Holiday Bowl, Bailey made 10 consecutive field goals in his second year (2008).

With a 78.9% field goal conversion rate (15-for-19) on the season, he was second in the Big 12 Conference in field goal percentage.

He made a career-long 45-yarder in the 2008 Holiday Bowl, a 42–31 loss to Oregon.

Bailey made 46-of-46 extra point attempts and 13-of-18 field goals in 2009 as a junior.

In the October 17 game, a 33–17 win over Missouri, he made 4-of-4 field goals, including a career-long 51-yarder.

In 2010, Bailey made 24-of-28 field goals and 65-of-66 extra points.

He won the Lou Groza Award for the nation's top kicker following the season.

He earned the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year award.

Oklahoma State won the December 2010 Alamo Bowl 36–10 over Arizona, and Bailey made three of three field goals in that game: from 40, 50, and 44-yards.

Following the 2011 NFL Draft, Bailey signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent.

He spent seven years in Dallas, where he became the franchise's all-time leader in field goals made.

Bailey was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent following the 2011 NFL Draft on July 25.

At one point during training camp, he had to compete with three other place kickers who included David Buehler, Shayne Graham and Dave Rayner.

Bailey was named the team's kicker at the end of the preseason, with Buehler remaining on the roster as the kickoff specialist.

In the second game of the regular season, against the San Francisco 49ers, after missing a chip shot attempt in the first quarter, he made a 48-yard field goal to send the game into overtime, and the eventual game-winner from 19 yards.

In Week 3, an 18–16 win over the Washington Redskins, Bailey tied a rookie record by converting six field goals (accounting for all of Dallas' points).

He played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2018 to 2020.

Born in Oklahoma City, Bailey grew up in Mustang, Oklahoma, and attended Southwest Covenant School where he was an all-state, all-conference kicker and a first-team all-city punter (as selected by The Oklahoman), while playing eight-man football.

As a senior, Bailey had 51 touchbacks in 61 kickoffs.

He holds the high school state records for longest field goal (50 yards), most field goals in a season (seven) and career (14).

He was also an individual state champion golfer.