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The NFL adopted the two-point conversion in 1994

College football had used it since 1958, and the pros held out for decades The play gives a team the option of running or passing from the 2-yard line for two points instead of kicking for one. The NFL added it to increase scoring and late-game decisions. A failed attempt leaves the score unchanged, which makes it a genuine gamble. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: College football had used it since 1958, and the pros held out for decades. The figure is taken from National Football League, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.