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{{Infobox NFL biography
|image=
|position=[[Punter (football)|Punter]]
|number=12
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|10|23}}
|birth_place=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]
|death_date=
|height_ft=6
|height_in=3
|weight_lbs=230
|high_school=Montgomery (AL) Calvary Christian
|college=[[Troy Trojans football|Troy State]]
|undraftedyear=2002
|pastteams=
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})*
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})
|pastteamsnote=yes
|statlabel1=Punts
|statvalue1=63
|statlabel2=Punt yards
|statvalue2=2,045
|statlabel3=Punt average
|statvalue3=36.9
|statlabel4=Inside 20
|statvalue4=20
|statlabel5=Longest punt
|statvalue5=65
|nfl=2504520
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'''Matt Allen''' (born October 23, 1977) is a former [[American football]] [[Punter (football position)|punter]] in the [[National Football League|NFL]] who played for the [[New York Giants]]. He played college football at [[Troy State University|Troy State]].

==Early life==
Allen played football, basketball, and baseball for Calvary Christian Academy.

==College career==
Allen played for Troy State University.

== NFL career ==
Before joining the Giants, Allen played for the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in the preseason. In his 2002 NFL season, Allen made 63 punts for 2,326 yards with 2,045 net yards and an average 36.9 yards per punt. He is famously known for attempting to pass to [[Rich Seubert]], after a botched snap from [[Trey Junkin]] on a field goal attempt to win the game on the last play of the Giants-[[San Francisco 49ers|49ers]] NFC Wildcard game on January 5, 2003.  The pass fell incomplete, ending the Giants' season, although an obvious pass interference penalty wasn't called by officials. Had that penalty been called, the Giants would have had another chance to kick the winning field goal. This play ended up being #10 on [[NFL Top 10]]'s ''Top Ten Meltdowns''<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/09000d5d82ac35eb/Top-10-meltdowns-in-NFL-history |title=NFL Videos: Top 10 meltdowns in NFL history |publisher=Nfl.com |date=2012-07-23 |accessdate=2012-08-03}}</ref> and ''Top Ten Controversial Calls'' at #7.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d8187af4c/Top-10-controversial-calls |title=NFL Videos: Top 10 controversial calls |publisher=Nfl.com |date=2010-06-03 |accessdate=2012-08-03}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.nfl.com/players/mattallen/profile?id=ALL622908 Profile]

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