Fuller became the first woman to score in a Power Five football game by kicking two extra points against Tennessee.
On December 12, 2020, in Vanderbilt’s game against Tennessee, Sarah Fuller kicked two extra points and became the first woman to score in a Power Five college football game. She also became the first woman to score points on a Division I FBS team from a Power Five conference. The achievement built directly on her earlier kickoff appearance and turned her into a scorer in addition to a participant.
This milestone was historically important because scoring is a more durable statistical marker than appearance alone. A kickoff can be read narrowly as symbolic inclusion; extra points place the player squarely inside the scoring record of the game. Fuller’s achievement therefore deepened the significance of her role and confirmed that her presence was not merely ceremonial. It demonstrated that a woman could contribute points in one of the most competitive tiers of college football.
The broader impact was immediate. Coverage from Vanderbilt and the NCAA framed the event as another major break in a long-standing barrier. In the context of American sports history, Fuller’s extra points pushed the possibilities for women in football beyond one-off novelty and into measurable on-field production. The moment became one of the clearest examples of a woman crossing into a space that had historically been reserved for men at the highest levels of collegiate competition.