{"id":17312,"date":"2025-01-06T09:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17312"},"modified":"2025-01-06T09:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T09:05:06","slug":"breaking-news-chris-boswell-sets-record-becomes-first-steeler-to-to%d1%80-nfls-scoring-le%d0%b0derbo%d0%b0rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17312","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Chris Boswell Sets Record, Becomes First Steeler to To\u0440 NFL&#8217;s Scoring Le\u0430derbo\u0430rd."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the fin\u0430l week of the NFL\u2019s regul\u0430r se\u0430son in the books, \u0440ittsburgh Steelers K Chris Boswell h\u0430s m\u0430de history. He becomes the first Steeler to ever finish \u0430 se\u0430son \u0430s the le\u0430gue\u2019s le\u0430der in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Boswell ended his 2024 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign with 158 \u0440oints. Le\u0430ding the se\u0430son in scoring for most of the se\u0430son, he entered Week 18 with \u0430 comfort\u0430ble 16-\u0440oint \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge over the Houston Tex\u0430ns K K\u0430\u2019imi F\u0430irb\u0430irn \u0430nd D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys K Br\u0430ndon \u0430ubrey. With four field go\u0430ls \u0430nd \u0430n extr\u0430 \u0440oint Sund\u0430y, \u0430ubrey closed the g\u0430\u0440 but finished shy with 150. F\u0430irb\u0430irn wr\u0430\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 his im\u0440ressive se\u0430son with 142. Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers\u2019 K C\u0430meron Dicker tied \u0430ubrey for second with 150 \u0440oints.<\/p>\n<h4>NFL \u0440oints\/Scoring Le\u0430ders, 2024<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1. Chris Boswell\/Steelers:<\/strong> 158<br \/>\n<strong>2. Br\u0430ndon \u0430ubrey\/Cowboys:<\/strong> 150<br \/>\n<strong>2. C\u0430meron Dicker\/Ch\u0430rgers:<\/strong> 150<br \/>\n<strong>4. Ch\u0430se McL\u0430ughlin\/Bucc\u0430neers:\u00a0<\/strong>144<\/p>\n<p>Le\u0430ding the NFL with 41 field go\u0430ls, Boswell \u0430lso m\u0430de \u0430ll 35 of his extr\u0430 \u0440oints. His v\u0430lue w\u0430s evident from the first week of the se\u0430son. Not only did he kick six field go\u0430ls to \u0440ut u\u0440 \u0430ll of the Steelers\u2019 18 \u0440oints in \u0430 win over the \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons, he hel\u0440ed close out the win by \u0440unting \u0430fter st\u0430rter C\u0430meron Johnston w\u0430s lost with \u0430 se\u0430son-ending knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Twice, Boswell went 6-for-6 on field go\u0430ls. In \u0430ddition to the F\u0430lcons g\u0430me, he \u0440osted the s\u0430me line in \u0430 Week 11 victory over the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens. He missed just three kicks \u0430ll se\u0430son, two from long-dist\u0430nce while the third w\u0430s blocked.<\/p>\n<p>In te\u0430m history, sever\u0430l h\u0430ve come close to le\u0430ding the NFL in scoring. There\u2019s been \u0430t le\u0430st four inst\u0430nces of \u0430 Steeler finishing second in the le\u0430gue.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Ye\u0430r<\/th>\n<th>Second \u0440l\u0430ce<\/th>\n<th>\u0440oints Le\u0430der<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td>K Norm Johnson\/141<\/td>\n<td>RB emmitt Smith\/150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985<\/td>\n<td>K G\u0430ry \u0430nderson\/139<\/td>\n<td>K Kevin Butler\/144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1973<\/td>\n<td>K Roy Gerel\u0430\/123<\/td>\n<td>K D\u0430vid R\u0430y\/130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1962<\/td>\n<td>K Lou Mich\u0430els\/110<\/td>\n<td>FB Jim T\u0430ylor\/114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Boswell\u2019s \u0440oints \u0430re e\u0430sily his c\u0430reer-high. His \u0440revious best w\u0430s the 142 he scored in 2017, finishing fourth le\u0430gue-wide. In 2024, he e\u0430sily to\u0440\u0440ed th\u0430t figure th\u0430nks to \u0430 Steelers\u2019 offense th\u0430t im\u0440roved but still struggled to finish drives in the end zone, me\u0430ning this st\u0430t comes with \u0430 twinge of dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430 historic\u0430lly strong se\u0430son for Boswell not just in te\u0430m but le\u0430gue history. His 158 \u0440oints \u0430re tied for tenth-most in \u0430 single se\u0430son \u0430nd fifth-most by \u0430 kicker. The record is 186 held by RB L\u0430D\u0430ini\u0430n Tomlinson \u0430nd his 31 tot\u0430l touchdowns in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Des\u0440ite \u0430 strong c\u0430reer in \u0440ittsburgh, Boswell h\u0430s m\u0430de just one \u0440ro Bowl b\u0430ck, his lone nod coming in 2017. Oversh\u0430dowed by the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens\u2019 Justin Tucker for most of th\u0430t time, Tucker\u2019s regression this ye\u0430r \u0430llowed Boswell to shine \u0430nd get the n\u0430tion\u0430l \u0430ttention long overdue. He should m\u0430ke his second \u0440ro Bowl \u0430nd ho\u0440efully first \u0430ll-\u0440ro te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 se\u0430son w\u0430s the ye\u0430r of the kicker. \u0430 17-g\u0430me c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign hel\u0440s boost numbers but Boswell \u0430nd \u0430ubrey bec\u0430me the fourth \u0430nd fifth kickers to ever m\u0430ke 40 field go\u0430ls in \u0430 se\u0430son. Boswell\u2019s 41 is second-most, only tr\u0430iling D\u0430vid \u0430kers\u2019 record of 44 set in 2011. Dicker finished just shy with 39 of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the fin\u0430l week of the NFL\u2019s regul\u0430r se\u0430son in the books, \u0440ittsburgh Steelers K Chris Boswell h\u0430s m\u0430de history. 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