<P> In 1968, leading up to the AFL - NFL merger, the leagues developed a radical "compromise" rule that would reconcile the fact that the NFL did not recognize the two - point conversion but the AFL did: the relatively easy extra point kick would be eliminated and only a play from scrimmage would score one point called a "Pressure Point". The rule would be used for the interleague matchups for that preseason, and would not be tried again . Both the World Football League and the XFL revived this concept, making it a point not to institute a two - point conversion rule so as to eliminate the easy kick . What would constitute a two - point conversion in other leagues only counted one point in the AFL - NFL games, WFL, or XFL . The WFL called it the "Action Point", used after touchdowns which the WFL counted as seven points . However, the XFL later added a rule in the playoffs that allowed the scoring team to score two (or even three) points by successfully executing a play from a point farther from the opponent's end zone (two points if the team could score from the five - yard line and three points if they could score from the ten - yard line). </P> <P> During the summer of 2014, the conversion by place kick was under review by the NFL . This new format would award seven points for a touchdown without an extra point attempt, eight points with a successful conversion by running or passing, and six points with an unsuccessful attempt . This new format was proposed because of the almost certain probability of making a conversion by place kick (1,260 out of 1,265 for the 2013 season). This proposal was never considered at the league owners' meeting in spring 2014; instead, the league used the first two weeks of its preseason for an experiment that moved extra point attempts back to the 20 - yard line with the condition that if a team opted to attempt a two - point conversion instead, the line of scrimmage on the try would remain at the 2 - yard line . The league adopted a slightly modified version of this rule starting with the 2015 season, with the line of scrimmage for extra-point kick attempts at the 15 - yard line instead of the 20 . </P> <P> In American college, professional, and Canadian football (as well as, for a significant period of time, the Arena Football League, where missed extra points are rebounded back into the field of play), a conversion attempt where the defense gains possession of the ball can be returned by the defense to the other end zone to give the defensive team two points . The team that scored the touchdown then kicks off as normal . This is rare because of the infrequent use of the two - point conversion and the rarity of blocked conversion kicks, combined with the difficulty of returning the ball the full length of the field . It has proven the winning margin in some games . Only once has a player scored two defensive two - point conversions in a game: Tony Holmes of the Texas Longhorns in a 1998 Big 12 Conference game against the Iowa State Cyclones on October 3 . </P> <P> On May 19, 2015, the NFL owners adopted a proposal to permit a defensive two - point conversion for the 2015 season . </P>

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