Career

He entered the NFL as a walkon player with the Dallas Cowboys. He played for the Chicago Bears for seven seasons before re-joining the Cowboys during the 1974 season. During his tenure with the Bears, he scored 456 points.

With:26 remaining in the game with the score tied at 10–10, Bears returner Cecil Turner fair-caught a Packers punt at the Packers 43-yard line.

The Bears decided to kick the game-winning kick as a fair catch kick, which has rarely been done before. 4 years later, in 1972 against the Houston Oilers, Percival once again attempted a free kick.

However, this time, the kick, which was 50 yards, missed.

Achievements

• He is also the last Bears kicker to make five field goals in a game, which he accomplished against the Philadelphia Eagles on October 10, 1968 in a 29-16 win. Percival was able to make the 43-yarder to win the game. The kick was Percival"s second game-winner, as he kicked a 47-yarder with:03 left against their rival in Minnesota to give the Bears a 26–24 win at Wrigley Field the week before. The Bears still won 20-17.