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[QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 1279187, member: 474"]
it has change several times already.  originally no touchdowns at all then they added some method other than kicking to score.. there was also no center snap a kickoff on every play

then this

By 1882, four touchdowns had become the equivalent of one field goal, and two safeties had become the equivalent of one touchdown. This system could be confusing, so Camp introduced a points system in 1883. His initial point values were:

[LIST]
[*]Safety: 1 point
[*]Touchdown: 2 points
[*]Field goal after a touchdown (point after try): 4 points
[*]Field goal: 5 points
[/LIST]
Camp assigned a point value to touchdowns, but the ultimate objective was still to kick a goal, and the field goal after the touchdown was worth twice as much as the touchdown itself.

This system didn’t last long. The idea of “points” was a good one, but the point values weren’t quite right. A couple months later, Camp introduced a revised scoring system:

[LIST]
[*]Safety: 2 points
[*]Touchdown: 4 points
[*]Field goal after a touchdown (point after try): 2 points
[*]Field goal: 5 points
[/LIST]
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