Temple kicker Maddux Trujillo scored the longest college football field goal in years at the end of the first half on Saturday.

Trujillo nailed a 64-yard kick as time expired in the second quarter against Utah State. He fired the ball from the right side and the ball had plenty of room as it went over the crossbar. The field goal cut Utah State’s lead to 21-17 at halftime.

The kick is the longest field goal at the highest level of college football since 2008, when UTEP’s Jose Martinez made a 64-yard field goal 16 years ago. It is also the longest kick in the history of Lincoln Financial Field in a college football or NFL game. Eagles kicker Jake Elliott held the previous record with a 61-yard field goal.

Trujillo’s field goal is one yard shy of the FBS record without a tee. Former NFL and Kansas State kicker Martin Gramatica holds the record with a 65-yard field goal he made in 1998. The longest field goal in NCAA history is a 69-yard kick by Abilene Christian’s Ove Johansson in 1976, but kickers could kick from a holding tee until 1989.

The field goal also comes on the heels of the NFL’s best kicking start to the season ever. The success of professional kickers has been a big topic in the first two weeks of the season, as kickers across the league have made 35 field goals of 50 or more yards so far in 2024, at a rate of nearly 90%.