A safety in football is a scoring play that results in two points being awarded to the scoring team). It is a way for the defense or special teams to score points. A safety can occur in a few different situations, including when the offense commits a foul in their own end zone, fumbles the ball out of their end zone, or is tackled in their end zone. The opposing team is rewarded with two points when a safety occurs. Safeties are the least common method of scoring in American football, but they are not rare occurrences). In fact, a safety has occurred around once every 14 games in the history of the National Football League (NFL), or about once a week under current scheduling rules). A one-point safety is a certain type of safety that only occurs on a PAT (points after touchdown) or two-point conversion play. If either team is tackled in their own end zone on a PAT attempt, the safety counts for one point rather than two.