width of college football goal post
In 1959, the NCAA goalposts were widened to 23 feet 4 inches (7.11 m), the standard width for high school posts today. In 1991, the college goalposts were reduced in width to 18 feet 6 inches (5.64 m), matching the width of NFL goal posts. For the 1991 and 1992 seasons, this meant potentially severe angles for short field goal attempts, since the hashmarks were still located 53 feet 4 inches (16.26 m) apart.