Editing College football (section)

===Scoring table===
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|+Historical college football scoring<ref>A compilation of seven sources:
* "[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bay/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-ma-section05.pdf History.]" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513181529/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bay/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-ma-section05.pdf |date=May 13, 2012 }}. ''2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac''. Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved October 11, 2009.
* The National Collegiate Athletic Association. "[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/Stats_Manuals/Football/2008%20Football%20Stats%20Manual.pdf Section 11—Extra Points.]" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220165858/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/Stats_Manuals/Football/2008%20Football%20Stats%20Manual.pdf |date=December 20, 2008 }}. ''2008 Football Statisticians' Manual''. August 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
* Professional Football Researchers Association. "[http://www.ivyrugby.com/n.php?n=162 Yale's Walter Camp and 1870s Rugby.]" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711024546/http://www.ivyrugby.com/n.php?n=162 |date=July 11, 2010 }}. ''The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889''. Ivy League Rugby Conference (2009-01-31). Retrieved 2009-10-11.
* Johnson, Greg (2008-08-28). "[https://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/4a9e53804e0d4e12911df11ad6fc8b25/2_PT_Story.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=4a9e53804e0d4e12911df11ad6fc8b25 Two-point conversion turns 50.]" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611124131/http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/4a9e53804e0d4e12911df11ad6fc8b25/2_PT_Story.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=4a9e53804e0d4e12911df11ad6fc8b25 |date=June 11, 2011 }}. ''The NCAA News''. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
* "[http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910 NFL History by Decade: 1869–1910.]" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102045951/http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910 |date=January 2, 2008 }}. National Football League. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
* "[http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1911-1920 NFL History by Decade: 1911–1920.]" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115043331/http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1911-1920 |date=January 15, 2008 }}. National Football League. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
* {{cite book 
 |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/fbs.pdf 
 |chapter=College Football Rules Changes 
 |title=2015 NCAA Football Records: Football Bowl Subdivision Records 
 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association 
 |page=186 
 |access-date=January 24, 2016 
 |archive-date=August 2, 2019 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802032517/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/fbs.pdf 
 |url-status=live 
 }}</ref>
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! Era !! [[Touchdown]] !! [[Field goal (football)|Field goal]] !! [[conversion (gridiron football)|Conversion]] (kick) !! [[Two-point conversion|Conversion]] (touchdown)!! [[Safety (American football score)|Safety]] !! [[Safety (American football score)#Safeties on PAT/conversion tries|Conversion safety]] !! [[conversion (gridiron football)#Duration of the play|Defensive conversion]]
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| 1883 || 2 || rowspan="3" | 5 || 4 || rowspan="6" | – || 1 || rowspan="6" | – || rowspan="7" | –
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| 1883–1897 || 4 || 2 || rowspan="7" | 2
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| 1898–1903 || rowspan="3" | 5 || rowspan="6" | 1 
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| 1904–1908 || 4 
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| 1909–1911 || rowspan="4" | 3 
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| 1912–1957 || rowspan="3" | 6 
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| 1958–1987 || rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | 1 
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| 1988–present || 2
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| colspan="8" | Note: For brief periods in the late 19th century, some penalties awarded one or more points for the opposing teams, and some teams in the late 19th and early 20th centuries chose to negotiate their own scoring system for individual games.
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