{"672881":{"#nid":"672881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Former Yellow Jacket Harrison Butker Makes Super Bowl History ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EFormer Yellow Jacket and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker etched his name in the NFL record book Sunday night, kicking a 57-yard field goal in Super Bowl 58 \u2013 the longest field goal in Super Bowl history.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EButker\u2019s kick sailed through the uprights with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter, breaking the previous record of 55 yards, set just one quarter earlier by San Francisco 49ers kicker Jake Moody. Before Sunday\u2019s matchup at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Steve Christie\u2019s record of a 54-yard field goal for the Bills had stood since Super Bowl 28. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ENo stranger to setting records, Butker, now a three-time Super Bowl champion, is the all-time leading scorer in Georgia Tech history and finds himself in elite company on the NFL\u2019s biggest stage. With four field goals and a pair of extra points Sunday, Butker has accounted for 37 points across his four Super Bowl appearances, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/MFlynnGT\/status\/1756882280159519182\u0022\u003Etrailing only 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice\u2019s 48\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EWith his game-tying kick, the industrial engineering graduate moved past Patriots kickers Adam Vinatieri and Stephen Gostkowski for the most career Super Bowl field goals with nine. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EAt 89%, Butker is the second all-time in field goal percentage in NFL history, behind Ravens kicker Justin Tucker.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"On his way to a third Super Bowl title, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker set a Super Bowl record with a 57-yard field goal.  "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn his way to a third Super Bowl title, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker set a Super Bowl record with a 57-yard field goal.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On his way to a third Super Bowl title, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker set a Super Bowl record with a 57-yard field goal.  "}],"uid":"36418","created_gmt":"2024-02-12 15:47:27","changed_gmt":"2024-02-12 20:04:56","author":"sgagliano3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673042":{"id":"673042","type":"image","title":"Harrison Butker Field Goal Super Bowl ","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPhoto courtesy of Sports Illustrated. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1707753048","gmt_created":"2024-02-12 15:50:48","changed":"1707753048","gmt_changed":"2024-02-12 15:50:48","alt":"Harrison Butker sets a super bowl record with a 57-yard field goal. ","file":{"fid":"256391","name":"Screenshot 2024-02-12 at 10.50.28 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/12\/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2010.50.28%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/12\/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2010.50.28%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":3325729,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/02\/12\/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2010.50.28%20AM.png?itok=5AdLhlGj"}}},"media_ids":["673042"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/butker-makes-history-in-super-bowl-lviii\/","title":"Butker Makes History in Super Bowl LVIII"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172744","name":"Harrison Butker"},{"id":"167086","name":"Super Bowl"},{"id":"8144","name":"Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Steven.gagliano@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Gagliano\u003C\/a\u003E - Institute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Steven.gagliano@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}