--- description: Field goal attempt off the nose of a guy title: See What Happens When a Guy Attempts to Kick a Football Off Someone's Nose image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See What Happens When a Guy Attempts to Kick a Football Off Someone's Nose  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 3, 2015 5:41 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 3, 2015 5:41 PM CUT We all know what would happen when Lucy would hold a football for Charlie Brown to kick. She would pull it away and let the poor guy just fall on his behind. But what happens when a guy, lying on his back on a football field, holds a football over his nose for someone else to kick? One would have to hope there is an ambulance standing by or the number of cosmetic surgeon on speed dial if this guy’s nose gets shattered. Well, just watch and see. Field Goal Attempt Off Nose: Viral Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4021766/nose-football-field-goal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4021766/nose-football-field-goal/"},"headline":"See What Happens When a Guy Attempts to Kick a Football Off Someone's Nose","datePublished":"2015-09-03T17:41:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:16.025Z","description":"Touchdow!n","url":"https://time.com/4021766/nose-football-field-goal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4021766/nose-football-field-goal/","name":"See What Happens When a Guy Attempts to Kick a Football Off Someone's Nose"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4021766/nose-football-field-goal/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4021766/nose-football-field-goal/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```