allen moore is 61 years old. he plays football in montgomery, alabama. five. allen moore joining me live now via skype. first of all, sir, congratulations to you. this has got to feel great, i'd imagine. >> it feels good. how are you today? >> i'm doing very well. we mentioned your freshman year back in 1968. more than 40 years ago. presumably you took some time off. what made you decide to return to the game? >> i was on a 2009 college football game and just a conversation with some people, you know -- football game. we were just talking about how i thought i'd go back and see if i could try and it went from there. >> and we should note here, you don't just play football there. i mean, you live on campus. you're taking classes. talk to me about the college experience at the age of 61. >> i learn something new every day. >> i bet. >> i -- just like any other student athlete does, and i stay on campus. [ indiscernible ] -- embrace this, and those things happen, and everything is good about it. and it's very passionate, and i've been -- a lot, and it's jus

and al a less than -- allen moore happens to be 68 years old. he started college in 1968 and then the vietnam war came calling. he's a student again, back home in alabama, a junior, though he is senior to everybody else on the team by about 50 years. he's a placekicker, a father of three, a grandfather of five and he's a very happy man. >>> the list, as we said of the worst and safest driving cities is out. let's start with the bad news. washington, d.c. but then you already knew driving was not your strong suit. followed by nearby baltimore and glendale, california and the very safest drivers are in ft. collins, colorado. my own guess is that because that's where the atomic clock transmits the exact time signal to the nation, the good people there are extra precise. second and third place, the upstanding folks of boise and lincoln, nebraska. >>> when we come back here tonight, another american city with something to be proud of. a woman with four kids of her own who's making a difference for other children she will never meet. >>> finally tonig

out of montgomery alabama. 61-year-old allen moore, trying out as a kicker for the football team. if he makes the squad, the vietnam vet will be the oldest player ever at a four-year school. jessica, we're holding out hope for raj there. >> he has got game. >> pick on raj newscast. >> you were picking on him earlier. >> thank you, brody. for a full half-houre bay area a sports coverage. watch with brody brazil at 10:30. >>> tonight, hundreds of south bay children and seniors will go without because of what thieves took from them days ago. they weren't after copper wiring or computer equipment, but something that meant so much to so many. tonight at 11:00 we'll show you what was taken and why the city says it will be hard to replace. tonight at 11:00, nbc bay area news, after law & order. >>> we continue our coverage with brent cannon on our 7:00 show. >> yeah, taking a look at arguments to have prop 8 tapes released to the public. an expert on that. amazing new discoveries, nasa si scientists are making with the telescope. coming up in a couple minutes. >> thank you for joining us

allen moore taking the field as place kicker for pawbing interuniversity in montgomery, alabama.t? >> and then there's this. in sarasota florida youth football team forced 0to disband after several members of the team attacked a referee. watch this. one player just lays him out then several players and coaches joined in on the beating. refuse rae was able to get away. all took place after the game. police are trying to identify the attackers. so far there have been no arrests but they are very well might be. hate seeing that kind of behavior. >> 13 and 14-year-old kids if with the parents and coaches? about it's shocking. no word to describe it. felony in the state of florida so people might do jail. >> all right. 49 ers make a statement in san diego tonight. plus the baby giraffe tv meat the baby giraffe ooh, you got snacks! yeah. 24 bucks later. that hurts. it's not like i really had a choice. snack on this. progressive's "name your price" tool showed me a range of coverages and i picked the one that worked for me. i saved hundreds. wow, that's dinner and a movie. [ dramatic so

. >>> allen moore made history twice this weekend.ietnam vet wasn't just the oldest college football player ever but, take a look at video, he became the oldest college football player to ever score a point when he knocked down this extra point en route to his team's 41-19 win. you go, allen! >>> under fire and low on food and water, the plight of the animals at tripoli's zoo. cnn return for an update, right after this. when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. [ male ] using clean american fuel is just a pipe dream. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're rolling away misperceptions about energy indepen

allen moore is a place-kicker on o the football team. what's the amazing part?et who hasn't been to college since 1968 and did i mention, he's 61 years old? that's right. he is the place-kicker for the fighting eagles of faulkner university. a small christian university in alabama. well, some 61-year-olds minds might turn to retiring, he's going to become the oldest college football player ever. his first game is next saturday. allen joins us from montgomery via skype. allen, thank you so much for joining us. tell us how you got where you are today. you started college more than 40 years ago, before heading to vietnam for an 11-month tour. look at you now. >> i went to junior college in 1968, won the national championship. i went to vietnam, came back, got married. raised a family and fast forward it to 2009. was talking to some people i knew at a ball game and i kind of suggested that i could go back to play. just developed from there. wound up at holmes community college in 2010 and faulkner university in 2011. >> so you're 61 years old. you're going back to c