Field Goals In Professional Sports

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If you don't know how to read that: Going for it gave the Falcons a 53 percent chance at winning. They had a 42 percent chance at making it, which would've resulted in a 78 percent chance at a win, and a 58 percent chance at missing.

But even if they missed, they would've given the 49ers the ball pinned on their own 2-yard-line, potentially leading to a safety and the ball back, a defensive touchdown, or a blocked punt for a safety or a touchdown. And even if none of those happened, the Falcons still could've gotten the ball back in good field position after a punt from the two. In the likelihood that they didn't get the TD, they still would've had a 35 percent chance at winning.

Actually making the field goal meant the 49ers were getting