It contrasts to a punt, wherein the player kicks the ball without letting it hit the ground first.

Another way is through a change of possession play, when the offensive team, having surmised the unlikelihood of scoring or achieving a first down within four attempts, kicks the ball away in what is known as a punt.

" But on his first drive, Grogan could only lead them to the 37-yard line and they decided to punt rather than risk a 55-yard field goal attempt.

After the Patriots received the second half opening kickoff, they managed to get one first down, but then had to punt after Grogan was sacked twice.

Camarillo, who punted 4 times in the first half, managed to pin the Bears back at their own 4-yard line with a then-Super Bowl record 62-yard punt.

Meanwhile, the Raiders were forced to punt on their first two possessions.

After the punt, Morrall completed two passes for 47 yards, with a personal foul on Jordan adding another 7 yards and giving them a first down on the Cowboys 2-yard line with less than two minutes left in the half.

On third down, Morrall threw his third consecutive incompletion, which would have forced Baltimore to punt from deep in their own territory, but Renfro was called for a 13-yard pass interference penalty while trying to cover Hinton, giving the Colts a first down.

However a 15-yard illegal man downfield penalty on left guard Bob Kuechenberg nullified a 20-yard pass completion to tight end Marv Fleming on the first play after the turnover, and the Dolphins were forced to punt after three more plays.

In total, the Steelers limited the Vikings to Super Bowl record lows of nine first downs, 119 total offensive yards, 17 rushing yards, and no offensive scores ( Minnesota's only score came on a blocked punt, and they did not even score on the extra point attempt ).

However, Pittsburgh failed to get a first down on their next possession and was forced to punt from deep in their own territory.

Pittsburgh managed to get one first down and advanced to Dallas 40-yard line, but then they too were forced to punt.

The Raiders were forced to punt on their next drive after they were unable to recover from Alan Page's 11-yard sack on first down.

Los Angeles built a 21-3 halftime lead, aided by touchdowns on Derrick Jensen's blocked punt recovery, and Jack Squirek's 5-yard interception return on a screen pass with seven seconds left in the first half.

Meanwhile, the Redskins could not generate any offensive momentum in the first quarter, with the Bronco defense forcing a punt on every drive.

After being used primarily as a punt returner during his first 2 seasons, wide receiver John Taylor had a breakout season, catching 60 passes for 1, 077 yards and 10 touchdowns, while also returning 36 punts for 417 yards.

Then after Washington was forced to punt, Bills running back Thurman Thomas missed the first two plays of Buffalo's first drive because he misplaced his helmet.

Buffalo then forced Dallas to punt, but on the first play of the Bills ' ensuing possession Dallas safety James Washington forced Thomas to fumble and safety Darren Woodson recovered the ball at midfield.

With the score 24-14 in the closing minutes of the first half, Aikman threw 3 straight incompletions, and a short punt by the Cowboys set up Young's 28-yard touchdown completion to Rice with 8 seconds remaining in the first half.

After forcing the Chargers to punt, the 49ers advanced 79 yards in four plays, with Young rushing for 21 yards and then throwing 51-yard touchdown pass to running back Ricky Watters to give San Francisco a 14-0 lead less than 5 minutes into the first quarter, and setting a Super Bowl record for the fastest " second " touchdown scored by a team.

On the Steelers ' first possession, the Dallas defense forced a three-and-out and subsequent punt, which Cowboy cornerback Deion Sanders returned 11 yards to the 25-yard line.

Green Bay forced New England to punt on the opening possession of the game and started their first drive with great field position after receiver Desmond Howard returned the ball 32 yards to the Packers 46-yard line.

New England scored first with a 55-yard punt return touchdown by Troy Brown, but in the second quarter, Brady was knocked out of the game with a sprained ankle.

In March 1855, Wekey held a meeting at the Bulleen Hotel and called for shareholders, " each according to his means ”, in a proposed toll bridge, the first bridge ever built over the Upper Yarra, joining " Eltham " to Templestowe, and replacing a toll punt being operated by the company.

In March 1855, Wekey held a meeting at the Bulleen Hotel and called for shareholders, each “ according to his means ”, for a proposed toll bridge, the first bridge ever built over the Upper Yarra, joining Lower Plenty to Templestowe, and replacing a punt being operated by the company.

In 1866 Peter Young built the Royal Hotel at Balranald and began operating a second punt at the township.

In 1839 a punt was built on the Maribyrnong River, it was the only connecting link between Melbourne and Geelong, Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo.

The bridge was first the site of a punt, with a wooden cattle crossing not being built until 1861, with those crossing a bridge being charged a toll.

This highway is also known as Hoddle Street north of Bridge Road, named after Robert Hoddle, architect of Melbourne's Hoddle Grid, and Punt Road south of Bridge Road, named after the punt used to cross the Yarra River before a bridge was built.

A bridge was built over the Goulburn to replace the punt service in 1871, with a newspaper, courthouse and mechanics ' institute being established in 1870.

Some other boats have a similar shape to a traditional punt – for example the Optimist training dinghy or the air boats used in the Everglades – but the most similar boat is the European Weidling a type that can be tracked back to Celtic boats built more than 2, 000 years ago.

During the 1630s, Digby owned a glassworks and manufactured wine bottles which were globular in shape with a high, tapered neck, a collar, and a punt.

In 1850 he bought a small punt which operated across the Murray River near the Campaspe junction.

A punt operated across the Latrobe River until a toll bridge was erected.

In 1859 Hanan purchased a punt from Captain Cadell and operated it at the southern end of Mayall Street.

From December that year a government punt operated at the site.

Commercial guided tours by punt through the water-filled caverns run daily, operated by Real Journeys.

Upon completion of the causeway, a punt operated across the deep, navigable section of the river, but could not cope with traffic demands.

From the 1850s, a punt operated by Peter Ellery, carried passengers across for sixpence and horse-drawn vehicles were charged 1s 6d.

The Ryde to Rhodes punt operated between 1898 to 1935.

A punt operated the crossing from around 1860.