Football Longest Plays & Distances

Longest Field Goal

CategoryClassYardsPlayerSchool(s)Year(s)
Game11/Class A59 Chris McClanathan Millard South vs. Lincoln East1999
Game11/Class B59 Tallon McDonald Scottsbluff vs. Frederick CO2023
GameClass C-157 Drew Farlee Norfolk Catholic vs. Wahoo2010
GameClass C-258 Drew McClellen North Platte St. Patrick’s vs. Cambridge2013
GameClass C-258 Kelen Meyer Ord vs. Central City2020
Game8-man57 Leo Lauko Emerson-Hubbard vs. Falls City Sacred Heart2014
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Longest Fumble Return TD

CategoryClassYardsPlayerSchool(s)Year(s)
Game1199 Harlan Fenske Nebraska City vs. Omaha Ryan1961
Game1199Scott Lieswald West Holt vs. Bassett1980
Game1199Tim Haffer Blue Hill vs. Doniphan1990
Game1199Jeff Krzemien Papillion-LV vs. Bellevue East2010
Game1199Brady Kilgore Kimball vs. Bridgeport2016
GameClass A99 Harlan Fenske Nebraska City vs. Omaha Ryan1961
GameClass A99Jeff Krzemien Papillion-LV2010
GameClass A99Brady Kilgore Kimball2016
GameClass B96 Joe Cunningham Ralston1994
GameClass C-199 Scott Lieswald West Holt1980
GameClass C-299 Tim Haffer Blue Hill1990
GameClass C-299Brady Kilgore Kimball2016
Game8-man79 Brandon Wolf Mead2002
Game8-man79Brad Wilson Culbertson2000
Game8-man79 Jaylon Sturdivant Maxwell2014
Game6-man75 Jeremy Van Slyke Arcadia1993

Longest Interception Return TD

CategoryClassYardsPlayerSchool(s)Year(s)
Game11/Class C-1105 Scott Frost Wood River1991
Game11/Class D105 Mac Rayfield Mullen1950
GameClass A102 Joe Tvrdik Omaha South1937
GameClass A102 Ed Dolin Boys Town1940
GameClass B104 Paul Seevers Blair1980
GameClass C-2100 Craig Randel West Point CC2005
GameClass C-2100Noah Eklund Valentine2016
GameClass C-2100 Jarett Boggs Archbishop Bergan2020
Game8-man82 Alfred Diaz Lexington St. Ann’s1986
Game8-man82 Willis Ruppert Medicine Valley1996
Game6-man80 Preston Charles Arcadia2007
Game6-man80Bryce Tobiassen Wilcox-Hildreth2018
Note: Since 2004 interceptions returned out of the end zone are measured from the goal line.

Longest KR Touchdown

CategoryClassYardsPlayerSchool(s)Year(s)
Game11/Class A103 Tom Carodine Boys Town1947
GameClass B99 Jake Reiss Crete vs. Gretna2000
GameClass B99 Pat Ackerman Holdrege2005
GameClass B99 Justin Coleman Beatrice vs. Waverly2007
GameClass B99 Andrew Mitteis Plattsmouth2008
GameClass B99 Alex Eggert Plattsmouth vs. Omaha Skutt2009
GameClass C-199 Andrew McCarty Grand Island Central Catholic vs. Lincoln Christian1998
GameClass C-199 Dylan Reynolds Broken Bow vs. Grand Island Central Catholic2015
GameClass C-299 Henry Bohac Stanton vs. Lutheran High Northeast2016
Game8-man79 David Roseberry Sandhills1984
Game8-man79 Jamie Holdorf Winside vs. Coleridge1994
Game8-man79 Boe Lindvall Medicine Valley vs. Eustis-Farnam1999
Game8-man79 Brandon Kontor Mead vs. Parkview Christian2002
Game8-man79 Matt Preister Humphrey vs. Prague2002
Game8-man79 Drew Solie Maxwell vs. Sandhills/Thedford2010
Game8-man79 Austin Schmutz Lewiston vs. Parkview Christian2012
Game8-man79 Ryan McKeeman Maxwell vs. Mullen2014
Game8-man79 Wiley Ziegler Bloomfield vs. Pender2021
Game6-man79Casey Hemje Hildreth vs. Arthur1996
Note Kickoffs no longer can be returned out of end zone

Longest Passing TD Play

CategoryClassLonges Passing TD PlayPlayer
Game11 99 yards many players
Game8/6-man 79 yards many players

Longest Punt

CategoryClassYardsPlayerSchool(s)Year(s)
Game1192 Rod Elson Curtis vs. Brady1939
GameClass A91 Bob Moscrey Omaha North1948
GameClass B86 Matt Akromis Mount Michael Benedictine vs. Elkhorn1986
GameClass C-178 Grant Lahm Columbus Scotus2014
GameClass C-284 Trig Lindsley Cross County2009
Game8-man75 Tom Workman Maxwell1966
Game6-man77 James Dugan Greeley1990

Longest Punt Return TD

CategoryClassYardsPlayerSchool(s)Year(s)
Game11103 Dick Gilley Gibbon (C) vs. Ravenna1942
GameClass A98 John K. Bennett Fairbury vs. Lincoln Northeast1954
GameClass A98 Damon Benning Omaha Northwest1991
GameClass B95 Tim Durkin Omaha Skutt vs. Blair2010
GameClass C-199 Mitch Sortino Fort Calhoun vs. Syracuse1999
GameClass C-299 Nate Traver Amherst vs. Osceola2000
Game8-man79 Matt Hawke Kenesaw vs. Loomis1995
Game8-man79 Jeremy Hoefs Bancroft-Rosalie vs. Walthill1999
Game8-man79 Jaron Nelson Shickley vs. Sterling2007
Game8-man79 Brady Benson Axtell2007
Game6-man75 Jeremy VanSlyke Arcadia vs. Hildreth1993
Note: Punts no longer can be returned out of end zone

Longest Rushing TD Play

CategoryClassLonges Rushing TD PlayPlayer
Game11 99 yards many players
Game8/6-man 79 yards many players

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