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Question 1

Two NFL teams play in this state, which is known as the "Lone Star State."

  • A
    Florida
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    California
  • D
    Maryland

Question 2

In 2020, what NFL team is moving to Las Vegas?

  • A
    Oakland Raiders
  • B
    Carolina Panthers
  • C
    Arizona Cardinals
  • D
    Chicago Bears

Question 3

What Hall of Fame coach was the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl?

  • A
    Art Shell
  • B
    Tony Dungy
  • C
    Emlen Tunnell
  • D
    Clarence Gaines

Question 4

Which NFL team plays home games in one of the cities that are part of the "Twin Cities?"

  • A
    San Francisco 49ers
  • B
    Minnesota Vikings
  • C
    New York Jets
  • D
    Cleveland Browns

Question 5

Which was the first NFL team to have an insignia put on its helmets?

  • A
    Bears
  • B
    Redskins
  • C
    Rams
  • D
    Eagles

Question 6

Which of these NFL quarterbacks retired in 2010 as the record holder for most passing yards gained in a career?

  • A
    Fran Tarkenton
  • B
    Sammy Baugh
  • C
    Dan Marino
  • D
    Brett Favre

Question 7

Who is the NFL's championship trophy named after?

  • A
    Vince Lombardi
  • B
    The Super Bowl
  • C
    Budweiser
  • D
    Terry Bradshaw

Question 8

Who set an NFL record for most consecutive seasons (1959-1961) leading the league in pass attempts?

  • A
    Drew Bledsoe
  • B
    George Blanda
  • C
    Johnny Unitas
  • D
    Warren Moon

Question 9

Who is this famous undrafted quarterback who played for the Rams, Cardinals and several other teams?

  • A
    Kurt Warner
  • B
    Elvis Grbac
  • C
    Trent Green
  • D
    Trent Dilfer

Question 10

This player holds NFL records for career receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown receptions.

  • A
    Terrell Owens
  • B
    Randy Moss
  • C
    Jerry Rice
  • D
    Tony Gonzalez

Question 11

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in what Ohio city?

  • A
    Cleveland
  • B
    Canton
  • C
    Cincinnati
  • D
    Columbus

Question 12

Who is this quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy at Texas A&M in 2012?

  • A
    Jim Kelly
  • B
    Ryan Leaf
  • C
    Johnny Manziel
  • D
    Drew Brees

Question 13

Who is this Houston Oilers legend who won the Heisman Trophy in 1977?

  • A
    Earl Campbell
  • B
    Christian Okoye
  • C
    Tom Rathman
  • D
    Franco Harris

Question 14

Who is this Boston College athlete who won the Heisman Trophy in 1984?

  • A
    Heath Shuler
  • B
    Doug Flutie
  • C
    Boomer Esiason
  • D
    Phil Simms

Question 15

Frank Gifford, O.J. Simpson, and Marcus Allen are all Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees who attended this school.

  • A
    USC
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    Colorado
  • D
    Florida

Question 16

Quarterback Jameis Winston played college football at this school, which is located in a state's capital city.

  • A
    Oregon
  • B
    Alabama
  • C
    Florida State
  • D
    Michigan

Question 17

Who is this former Dallas Cowboy who won the Heisman Trophy while at the Naval Academy?

  • A
    Terry Bradshaw
  • B
    Roger Staubach
  • C
    Joe Theismann
  • D
    Ken Anderson

Question 18

What pictured former NFL head coach is a Hall of Fame inductee for his playing career?

  • A
    Marv Levy
  • B
    Mike Ditka
  • C
    Bud Grant
  • D
    Joe Gibbs

Question 19

With which NFL team did Matthew Stafford sign a 5-year, $135 million contract in 2017?

  • A
    Detroit Lions
  • B
    New York Giants
  • C
    Dallas Cowboys
  • D
    Green Bay Packers

Question 20

Who is this Georgia Bulldog who won the Heisman Trophy in 1982?

  • A
    Herschel Walker
  • B
    Freeman McNeil
  • C
    Curt Warner
  • D
    Bo Jackson

Question 21

What former NFL player earned the nickname, "Beast Mode"?

  • A
    Marshawn Lynch
  • B
    Frank Gore
  • C
    Jerome Bettis
  • D
    Rob Gronkowski

Question 22

Who is the only left-handed QB in the Hall of Fame?

  • A
    Steve Young
  • B
    Peyton Manning
  • C
    Brett Favre
  • D
    Terry Bradshaw

Question 23

Who is this Heisman Trophy running back sitting among other legends at Super Bowl 50?

  • A
    Ottis Anderson
  • B
    Thurman Thomas
  • C
    Marcus Allen
  • D
    Roger Craig

Question 24

This quarterback holds NFL career records for passing yards and touchdown passes.

  • A
    Brett Favre
  • B
    Dan Marino
  • C
    Peyton Manning
  • D
    Tom Brady

Question 25

This player won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award for the 2012 season, in which he ran for 2,097 yards.

  • A
    DeMarco Murray
  • B
    Chris Johnson
  • C
    Marshawn Lynch
  • D
    Adrian Peterson

Question 26

This player set the NFL record for rushing yards in a season in 1984.

  • A
    Walter Payton
  • B
    O.J. Simpson
  • C
    Earl Campbell
  • D
    Eric Dickerson

Question 27

What pictured inductee earned the moniker "The Minister of Defense" during his NFL career?

  • A
    Bruce Smith
  • B
    Lawrence Taylor
  • C
    Reggie White
  • D
    Derrick Thomas

Question 28

What Super Bowl-winning quarterback once bagged groceries and played for the Canadian Football League?

  • A
    Eli Manning
  • B
    Kurt Warner
  • C
    Joe Montana
  • D
    Brett Favre

Question 29

He was the first NFL player to intercept 14 passes in one season. He did this in his rookie year.

  • A
    Emlenn Tunnel
  • B
    Dick Lane
  • C
    J.C.Caroline
  • D
    Jerry Gray

Question 30

Who was the first NFL kicker to finish the regular season with a 100% success rate on field goals and extra points?

  • A
    Steve Young
  • B
    Trey Vickrey
  • C
    Gary Anderson
  • D
    Jerry Rice

Question 31

This football player, who is the Jets all-time leading rusher, announced his retirement in July 2007.

  • A
    Curtis Martin
  • B
    Philip Jackson
  • C
    Don Maynard
  • D
    Jerry Rice

Question 32

Which NFL team plays in the city where the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located?

  • A
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • B
    Minnesota Vikings
  • C
    Cleveland Browns
  • D
    Cincinnati Bengals

Question 33

This team is the NFL's only publicly-owned franchise.

  • A
    New England Patriots
  • B
    Buffalo Bills
  • C
    Green Bay Packers
  • D
    Jacksonville Jaguars

Question 34

Barry Sanders was the first player from this school to win the Heisman Trophy.

  • A
    Georgia
  • B
    Texas
  • C
    LSU
  • D
    Oklahoma State

Question 35

Which NFL coach led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl games and is the most successful coach in Vikings history?

  • A
    Bud Grant
  • B
    Chuck Noll
  • C
    Marv Levy
  • D
    Paul Brown

Question 36

Which of these coaches actually helped develop the National Football League and was one of the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

  • A
    George Halas
  • B
    Jimmy Conzelman
  • C
    Potsy Clark
  • D
    Guy Chamberlin

Question 37

This football player, known as Sweetness, spent his entire 13-year career with the same NFL team. He ran for 275 yards in a game in 1977 and is one of the few players to run, throw, and catch a touchdown pass in the same game.

  • A
    John Riggins
  • B
    Otis Anderson
  • C
    Walter Payton
  • D
    Jim Brown

Question 38

Who set an NFL record for the most pass attempts in a game in 1994?

  • A
    Doug Williams
  • B
    John Elway
  • C
    Bernie Kosar
  • D
    Drew Bledsoe

Question 39

The Houston Texans selected this defensive player first overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

  • A
    Anthony Barr
  • B
    Justin Gilbert
  • C
    Khalil Mack
  • D
    Jadeveon Clowney

Question 40

Which NFL team's logo featured a one-eyed pirate?

  • A
    Washington Redskins
  • B
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • C
    Oakland Raiders
  • D
    Pittsburgh Pirates

Question 41

Which university, having the second highest number of drafted players, has provided the NFL with eight wide receivers, eight running backs, and six defensive tackles, just to name a few?

  • A
    Louisiana State University
  • B
    Kent
  • C
    Louisville
  • D
    James Madison

Question 42

Which former Utah football player became a member of the Carolina Panthers in 2001?

  • A
    Kevin Dyson
  • B
    Steve Smith
  • C
    Eric Weddle
  • D
    Jamal Anderson

Question 43

Which head coach won three American Football League championships, more than any other coach in history?

  • A
    Chris Scott
  • B
    Ross Lyon
  • C
    Hank Stram
  • D
    Ken Hinkley

Question 44

This pictured college football award is named after what Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee?

  • A
    Fred Biletnikoff
  • B
    Gene Upshaw
  • C
    Mike Ditka
  • D
    Terry Bradshaw

Question 45

He played in the NFL from 1987-2003 after his college career at Purdue. Throughout most of this defensive back's career he played in Pittsburgh. He became a TV analyst for ESPN. Who is he?

  • A
    Herb Adderley
  • B
    Rod Woodson
  • C
    Terry Bradshaw
  • D
    Jack Youngblood

Question 46

Who is this one-man wrecking crew pictured with the Vince Lombardi Trophy?

  • A
    Ndamukong Suh
  • B
    Haloti Ngata
  • C
    Jared Allen
  • D
    James Harrison

Question 47

Who set an NFL record for most passing yards gained in a game in 1951?

  • A
    Joe Montana
  • B
    Norm Van Brocklin
  • C
    Kenny Stabler
  • D
    Peyton Manning

Question 48

Russell Wilson played college football at North Carolina State and then transferred to this school.

  • A
    Clemson
  • B
    Georgia
  • C
    Michigan State
  • D
    Wisconsin

Question 49

Before being known as the National Football League, what was the league called?

  • A
    Football Players Unite
  • B
    American Soccer Club
  • C
    United States Football League
  • D
    American Professional Football Association

Question 50

This famous NFL player was charged with the murder of two men and subsequently fleeing the scene in his limousine. Recognize his face?

  • A
    Tom Brady
  • B
    Ryan Tannehill
  • C
    Ray Lewis
  • D
    O.J. Simpson

Question 51

Which of these NFL players played the most career games?

  • A
    Jerry Rice
  • B
    Brett Favre
  • C
    Dan Marino
  • D
    George Blanda

Question 52

Which hall of famer led the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive American Football Conference championships from 1990 to 1993?

  • A
    Bill Cowher
  • B
    Marv Levy
  • C
    Dan Reeves
  • D
    Bill Parcells

Question 53

Which college do offensive tackles Eric Fisher and Joe Staley share as a common alma mater?

  • A
    Charlotte
  • B
    Canisius
  • C
    Central Michigan
  • D
    Central Arkansas

Question 54

This former NFL player, nicknamed Mad Stork, stood 6'7" and weighed 220 lbs. He began his playing career with the Baltimore Colts in 1969.

  • A
    Ed Jones
  • B
    Ted Hendricks
  • C
    Larry Little
  • D
    Gino Marchetti

Question 55

What pictured Hall of Famer was also the first Heisman Trophy winner to be a wide receiver?

  • A
    Jerry Rice
  • B
    Michael Irvin
  • C
    Cris Carter
  • D
    Tim Brown

Question 56

What NFL team only has their logo on one side of their helmets?

  • A
    Seahawks
  • B
    Jets
  • C
    Redskins
  • D
    Steelers

Question 57

What pictured dominant Hall of Fame defensive end was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame two years before sacks became an official NFL stat?

  • A
    Joe Greene
  • B
    Fred Dean
  • C
    Jack Youngblood
  • D
    Deacon Jones

Question 58

Which NFL player is the only one to have won five Super Bowls for the same team?

  • A
    Tom Brady
  • B
    Terry Bradshaw
  • C
    Joe Montana
  • D
    Charles Haley

Question 59

Which Chicago Bears safety made this witty remark: "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental"?

  • A
    Ron Jaworski
  • B
    Phil Simms
  • C
    Doug Plank
  • D
    Shannon Sharpe

Question 60

Emmitt Smith, the NFL's career leading rusher, isn't this school's career rushing leading, where he played from 1987-89.

  • A
    Clemson
  • B
    Oklahoma State
  • C
    Georgia
  • D
    Florida

Question 61

Which university did brothers Jason and Devin McCourty attend prior to their stints in the NFL?

  • A
    Columbia University
  • B
    University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • C
    Rutgers University
  • D
    Grand Canyon University

Question 62

Which of these quotes is attributed to Vince Lombardi?

  • A
    "The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."
  • B
    "Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins."
  • C
    "Football is football, and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference."
  • D
    "Winners never quit, and quitters never win."

Question 63

In the 2006 NFL season, this running back set the league record for rush attempts.

  • A
    James Wilder
  • B
    Eric Dickerson
  • C
    Jamal Anderson
  • D
    Larry Johnson

Question 64

Which NFL player started out homeless, went on to attend Ohio State and is now playing for the New York Jets?

  • A
    Terrell Pryor
  • B
    Malik Jackson
  • C
    Jacob Martin
  • D
    Andy Dalton

Question 65

This NFL defensive back, called Night Train, began his career in 1952 and led the league in interceptions as a rookie. He was inducted to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

  • A
    Bobby Layne
  • B
    Dick Patton
  • C
    Dick Lane
  • D
    Ronnie Lott

Question 66

What two current NFL teams are the only two left of the original founding teams?

  • A
    Bears and Cardinals
  • B
    Giants and Jets
  • C
    Steelers and Seahawks
  • D
    Raiders and Cowboys

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i think the pirate question was bull**** and i didnt understand the last question

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