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Originally Posted by Stewie
Hash marks were further apart and the goal post was at the front of the end zone. You could get severe angles on short kicks.
They narrowed the hash marks and moved the goal post to the back of the end zone in the mid 70s (the latter part of Stenerud's career). FG success went up dramatically league-wide.
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That's part of the story, but there weren't any indoor stadiums. No nice, clean Astroturf. The grass fields were often nothing more than dirt by the end of the season.