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{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Nick Lowery
| image         = Nick Lowery by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| caption       = Lowery in 2018
| number        = 7, 8
| position      = [[Placekicker|Kicker]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1956|5|27}}
| birth_place   = [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]
| death_date    =
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 4
| weight_lbs    = 215
| high_school   = [[St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)|St. Albans]] (Washington, D.C.)
| college       = [[Dartmouth Big Green football|Dartmouth]]
| undraftedyear = 1978
| pastteams     =
* [[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|1978}})
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year|1980}}–{{NFL Year|1993}})
* [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|1994}}–{{NFL Year|1996}})
| statlabel1    = [[Field goal (football)|Field goals]]
| statvalue1    = 383 / 479
| statlabel2    = [[Percentage|Field goal %]]
| statvalue2    = 80
| statlabel3    = [[Extra point]]s
| statvalue3    = 562 / 568
| statlabel4    = [[NFL career scoring leaders|Points scored]]
| statvalue4    = 1,711
| highlights    =
* 2× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1985 All-Pro Team|1985]], [[1990 All-Pro Team|1990]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1982 Pro Bowl|1981]], [[1991 Pro Bowl|1990]], [[1993 Pro Bowl|1992]])
* [[NFL scoring leader]]  ({{nfly|1990}})
* [[NFLPA Alan Page Community Award|"Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award]] (1993)
* [[Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame]]
| pfr           = L/lowernic01 
}}

'''Dominic Gerald Lowery''' (born May 27, 1956) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[placekicker|kicker]]. In his career he played for the [[New England Patriots]], [[Kansas City Chiefs]], and [[New York Jets]].<ref name=NFL>{{cite web|title=Nick Lowery|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/nicklowery/2501807/profile|website=NFL.com|publisher=National Football League|access-date=13 January 2015|ref=NFL}}</ref> He played in college at [[Dartmouth College]]. Lowery was selected to the [[Pro Bowl]] three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most field goals in NFL history. {{As of|2018}} he was 16th on the [[National Football League]] (NFL)'s list of all-time scoring leaders, and is the Chiefs' all-time leading scorer, with 1,466 points in his 14 seasons with the club.

Lowery grew up in [[Washington, D.C.]], and attended [[St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)|St. Albans School]] where he was a star football player.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilbon |first1=Michael |title=Nick Lowery: St. Albans to the NFL |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1981/11/25/nick-lowery-st-albans-to-the-nfl/50cc13e8-f0ea-4540-a319-ec655383d9d0/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=25 November 1981}}</ref>

He attended [[Dartmouth College]].<ref name=DAM>{{cite web|last1=Furlong|first1=Lisa|title=Nick Lowery '78|url=http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/nick-lowery-%E2%80%9978|website=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|access-date=13 January 2015|ref=DAM}}</ref> He has an M.P.A from [[Harvard University|Harvard's]] [[John F. Kennedy School of Government|Kennedy School of Government]],<ref name=DAM /> the first pro athlete to graduate from there.

In 2009 Lowery was inducted into the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] Hall of Fame.<ref name=DAM />

==Career regular season statistics==
''Career high/best '''bold'''''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Season||Team||{{abbr|G|Games}}||{{abbr|FGM|Field goals made}}||{{abbr|FGA|Field goals attempted}}||{{abbr|%|Field goal percentage}} ||{{abbr|LNG|Longest field goal}}||{{abbr|BLK|Blocked}}||{{abbr|XPM|Extra points made}}||{{abbr|XPA|Extra points attempted}}||{{abbr|%|Extra point percentage}}||{{abbr|PTS|Points}}
|-
| [[1978 NFL season|1978]] || [[New England Patriots|NE]]
|2 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||7 ||7 ||'''100.0''' ||7
|-
| [[1980 NFL season|1980]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|16 ||20 ||26 ||76.9 ||57 ||0 ||37 ||37 ||'''100.0''' ||97
|-
| [[1981 NFL season|1981]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|16 ||26 ||36 ||72.2 ||52 ||0 ||37 ||38 ||97.4 ||115
|-
| [[1982 NFL season|1982]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|9 ||19 ||24 ||79.2 ||47 ||0 ||17 ||17 ||'''100.0''' ||74
|-
| [[1983 NFL season|1983]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|16 ||24 ||30 ||80.0 ||'''58''' ||0 ||'''44''' ||'''45''' ||97.8 ||116
|-
| [[1984 NFL season|1984]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|16 ||23 ||33 ||69.7 ||52 ||0 ||35 ||35 ||'''100.0''' ||104
|-
| [[1985 NFL season|1985]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||24 ||27 ||88.9 ||'''58''' ||0 ||35 ||35 ||'''100.0''' ||107
|-
| [[1986 NFL season|1986]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||19 ||26 ||73.1 ||47 ||0 ||43 ||43 ||'''100.0''' ||100
|-
| [[1987 NFL season|1987]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|12 ||19 ||23 ||82.6 ||54 ||0 ||26 ||26 ||'''100.0''' ||83
|-
| [[1988 NFL season|1988]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||27 ||32 ||84.4 ||51 ||0 ||23 ||23 ||'''100.0''' ||104
|-
| [[1989 NFL season|1989]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||24 ||33 ||72.7 ||50 ||0 ||34 ||35 ||97.1 ||106
|-
| [[1990 NFL season|1990]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||'''34''' ||'''37''' ||'''91.9''' ||48 ||0 ||37 ||38 ||'''100.0''' ||'''139'''
|-
| [[1991 NFL season|1991]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||25 ||30 ||83.3 ||48 ||0 ||35 ||35 ||'''100.0''' ||110
|-
| [[1992 NFL season|1992]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
|15 ||22 ||24 ||91.7 ||52 ||0 ||39 ||39 ||'''100.0''' ||105
|-
| [[1993 NFL season|1993]] || [[Kansas City Chiefs|KC]]
| 16 ||23 ||29 ||79.3 ||52 ||'''2''' ||37 ||37 ||'''100.0''' ||106
|-
| [[1994 NFL season|1994]] || [[New York Jets|NYJ]]
| 16 ||20 ||23 ||87.0 ||49 ||0 ||26 ||27 ||96.3 ||86
|-
| [[1995 NFL season|1995]] || [[New York Jets|NYJ]]
|14 ||17 ||21 ||81.0 ||50 ||0 ||24 ||24 ||'''100.0''' ||75
|-
| [[1996 NFL season|1996]] || [[New York Jets|NYJ]]
| 16 ||17 ||24 ||70.8 ||46 ||0 ||26 ||27 ||96.3 ||77
|-
!colspan="2"|Career ||260 ||383 ||479 ||80.0 ||58 ||2 ||562 ||568 ||98.9 ||1711
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Nick Lowery}}
*[http://www.nicklowery.com Nick Lowery Youth Foundation]
*[http://www.Loweryspeaks.com Lowery Speaks]
*[http://www.chiefs.com/hallofhonor/players/nicklowery/ Nick Lowery] at the [[Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame]]

{{“Whizzer” White NFL Man of the Year}}
{{Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame}}
{{NFL scoring leaders}}

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[[Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni]]
[[Category:American football placekickers]]
[[Category:Dartmouth Big Green football players]]
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[[Category:New York Jets players]]
[[Category:American Conference Pro Bowl players]]