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Hawaii’s Kansei Matsuzawa ties FBS record by making first 25 field goals before 30-yard miss

11+ hour, 4+ min ago (266+ words) Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa tied a 43-year-old FBS record on Saturday before his first missed kick of the season. Marco Garcia / Imagn Images Before every kick, Kansei Matsuzawa murmurs three sentences. Soft enough that only he can hear them, firm enough that he believes every word and steady enough that proof blooms through the uprights moments later. "I tell myself three things: I am elite. Focus on myself. And I make this field goal," Matsuzawa said last month on "The Heisman Trophy Podcast." Then, with the two-step glide he honed partly through his high school soccer days in Tokyo and partly through hours of studying Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers, he swings. Nelson, like Matsuzawa, made his first 25 before missing his last attempt of the regular season. " Hawaii Football (@HawaiiFootball) November 30, 2025 Despite the miss, senior night at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics…...

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