most points by a rookie kicker in the 1990's

From 1990 through 1999, Richie Cunningham put up the most points in his rookie season by a kicker, with 126 points in 1997.

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	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%
1	Richie Cunningham R. Cunningham	126	1997	DAL	16	37	34	91.9	24	24	100.0
2	John Hall J. Hall	120	1997	NYJ	16	41	28	68.3	36	36	100.0
3	Ryan Longwell R. Longwell	120	1997	GB	16	30	24	80.0	48	48	100.0
4	Adam Vinatieri A. Vinatieri	120	1996	NE	16	35	27	77.1	42	39	92.9
5	Jason Elam J. Elam	119	1993	DEN	16	35	26	74.3	42	41	97.6
6	Lin Elliott L. Elliott	119	1992	DAL	16	35	24	68.6	48	47	97.9
7	Scott Blanton S. Blanton	118	1996	WAS	16	32	26	81.3	40	40	100.0
8	Olindo Mare O. Mare	117	1997	MIA	16	36	28	77.8	33	33	100.0
9	Chris Boniol C. Boniol	114	1994	DAL	16	29	22	75.9	48	48	100.0
10	Martin Gramatica M. Gramatica	106	1999	TB	16	32	27	84.4	25	25	100.0
11	Kris Brown K. Brown	105	1999	PIT	16	29	25	86.2	31	30	96.8
12	Doug Brien D. Brien	105	1994	SF	16	20	15	75.0	62	60	96.8
13	Mike Vanderjagt M. Vanderjagt	104	1998	IND	14	31	27	87.1	23	23	100.0
14	Wade Richey W. Richey	103	1998	SF	16	27	18	66.7	51	49	96.1
15	John Kasay J. Kasay	102	1991	SEA	16	31	25	80.6	28	27	96.4
16	Steve Christie S. Christie	96	1990	TB	16	27	23	85.2	27	27	100.0
17	Jason Hanson J. Hanson	93	1992	DET	16	26	21	80.8	30	30	100.0
18	Joe Nedney J. Nedney	89	1996	MIA	16	29	18	62.1	36	35	97.2
19	Mike Hollis M. Hollis	87	1995	JAX	16	27	20	74.1	28	27	96.4
20	Doug Pelfrey D. Pelfrey	85	1993	CIN	15	31	24	77.4	16	13	81.3
21	Matt Stover M. Stover	81	1991	CLE	16	22	16	72.7	34	33	97.1
22	Ken Willis K. Willis	80	1990	DAL	16	25	18	72.0	26	26	100.0
23	Michael Husted M. Husted	75	1993	TB	16	22	16	72.7	27	27	100.0
24	Jerry Kauric J. Kauric	66	1990	CLE	14	20	14	70.0	27	24	88.9
25	Cary Blanchard C. Blanchard	65	1992	NYJ	11	22	16	72.7	17	17	100.0

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Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM
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Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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Texans	1	4	0	.200
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