39 NFL Trivia Questions and Answers
NFL trivia drawn from the history of the league: its founding in 1920, the early Super Bowls, famous plays and nicknames, and the rules of the game. Every question is about a completed season or a retired player, so the answers stay the same from year to year. Answers are included.
There are 39 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.Which team won the first Super Bowl?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
Open this question2.Which team did the Green Bay Packers beat in the first Super Bowl?
Answer: Kansas City Chiefs
Open this question3.Which New York Jets quarterback "guaranteed" a win before Super Bowl III and then delivered it?
Answer: Joe Namath
Open this question4.Which heavily favored team did the New York Jets beat in Super Bowl III?
Answer: Baltimore Colts
Open this question5.Which team finished the 1972 season undefeated and completed its perfect record by winning Super Bowl VII?
Answer: Miami Dolphins
Open this question6.Which head coach led the Miami Dolphins through their undefeated 1972 season?
Answer: Don Shula
Open this question7.The trophy given to the winner of the Super Bowl is named after which Green Bay Packers coach?
Answer: Vince Lombardi
Open this question8.In which year was the league that became the NFL founded, as the American Professional Football Association?
Answer: 1920
Open this question9.In which Ohio city, now home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was the league that became the NFL founded in 1920?
Answer: Canton
Open this question10.Who was the first president of the American Professional Football Association, the league that became the NFL?
Answer: Jim Thorpe
Open this question11.Which rival league completed its merger with the NFL in 1970?
Answer: American Football League (AFL)
Open this question12.Which Pittsburgh Steelers fullback made the catch known as the "Immaculate Reception"?
Answer: Franco Harris
Open this question13.In the play known as "The Catch", which San Francisco 49ers receiver caught Joe Montana's touchdown pass to beat the Dallas Cowboys?
Answer: Dwight Clark
Open this question14.The 1967 NFL Championship Game, played at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, is commonly known by what name?
Answer: The Ice Bowl
Open this question15.Which Cleveland Browns fullback of 1957 to 1965 retired at the peak of his football career to become an actor?
Answer: Jim Brown
Open this question16.In American football, how many points is a touchdown worth?
Answer: Six
Open this question17.In American football, how many points is a field goal worth?
Answer: Three
Open this question18.In American football, how many points is a safety worth?
Answer: Two
Open this question19.In American football, how many players does each team have on the field at one time?
Answer: Eleven
Open this question20.In American football, how many yards separate the two goal lines?
Answer: 100 yards
Open this question21.Which team won four Super Bowls in six seasons during the 1970s?
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers
Open this question22.What nickname was given to the Pittsburgh Steelers' dominant defensive line of the 1970s?
Answer: The Steel Curtain
Open this question23.What is the title of the song and music video recorded by the 1985 Chicago Bears football team?
Answer: The Super Bowl Shuffle
Open this question24.Which Chicago Bears defensive lineman of the 1980s was nicknamed "The Refrigerator"?
Answer: William Perry
Open this question25.Which team lost four consecutive Super Bowls from the 1990 season through the 1993 season?
Answer: Buffalo Bills
Open this question26.Which quarterback started and won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers?
Answer: Joe Montana
Open this question27.Which first winner of the Heisman Trophy was also the first player ever drafted by the NFL, in 1936?
Answer: Jay Berwanger
Open this question28.On which television network did "Monday Night Football" begin in 1970?
Answer: ABC
Open this question29.Which Baltimore Colts quarterback was nicknamed "the Golden Arm"?
Answer: Johnny Unitas
Open this question30.Who was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, a position he held for 29 seasons?
Answer: Tom Landry
Open this question31.Which NFL team is nicknamed "America's Team"?
Answer: Dallas Cowboys
Open this question32.In the 1958 NFL Championship Game, known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played", the Baltimore Colts beat which team in sudden-death overtime?
Answer: New York Giants
Open this question33.Which star halfback for Illinois and the Chicago Bears was nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost"?
Answer: Red Grange
Open this question34.Under what name were the Chicago Bears founded in Decatur, Illinois?
Answer: The Decatur Staleys
Open this question35.Which Green Bay Packers quarterback was named Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls?
Answer: Bart Starr
Open this question36.Which founder of the Kansas City Chiefs is credited with coining the name "Super Bowl"?
Answer: Lamar Hunt
Open this question37.Which Detroit Lions running back retired suddenly in 1999 after ten seasons with the team?
Answer: Barry Sanders
Open this question38.Which Dallas Cowboys quarterback popularized the term "Hail Mary" for a long desperation pass after a 1975 playoff game?
Answer: Roger Staubach
Open this question39.Which Hall of Fame defensive end popularized the term "sack" in the 1960s?
Answer: Deacon Jones
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