Welcome, football fan! Do you know your zone defense from your west coast offense? Can you recite Super Bowl MVPs by heart, or name the exact college where your favorite quarterback got his start? It’s time to put that football IQ to the absolute test.
We’ve put together 75 trivia questions spanning the history of the game, legendary players, iconic coaches, and unforgettable moments.
How to Play & Navigate
To make this massive challenge easier to handle, the quiz is split into 3 distinct quarters (pages), each packing 25 questions.
- Step 1: Grab a pen and piece of paper (or open a blank document) to track your answers as you read through.
- Step 2: Scroll down to tackle the current page’s questions.
- Step 3: The answer key for all 75 questions is located at the very bottom of Page 3. Don’t peek early!
- To Navigate: At the end of each section, simply click the navigation prompt to move on to the next quarter of the quiz.
Are you ready? Let’s kick off!
First Quarter — Icons, Origins, & Rules (Questions 1-25)
- Which NFL team is the only community-owned, non-profit franchise in the league?
- Who is the only defensive player in NFL history to win the league MVP award twice?
- What team did the Baltimore Colts famously defeat in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, often called “The Greatest Game Ever Played”?
- In what year was the American Football League (AFL) founded before later merging with the NFL?
- Which legendary coach is credited with inventing the “West Coast Offense”?
- How many players from each team are allowed on the field at the same time during a standard play?
- What is the length, in yards, of a standard NFL end zone?
- Which college football rivalry game features the winners taking home the “Paul Bunyan’s Axe” trophy?
- Who was the first overall pick in the legendary 1983 NFL Draft?
- Which NFL franchise holds the record for the most consecutive losses in a single regular season (0-16 record)?
- What is the name of the trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Super Bowl?
- Who was the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl?
- Which quarterback was known by the nickname “The Broadway Joe”?
- How many points is a safety worth in American football?
- Which stadium has hosted the most Super Bowls in NFL history?
- Who is the NFL’s all-time career leader in rushing yards?
- Which college football team plays its home games on a famous bright blue field known as “The Blue”?
- What team selected quarterback Tom Brady with the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft?
- What penalty is called when a defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped and makes contact with an offensive player?
- Which dynamic running back was nicknamed “The Kansas City Comet”?
- Who was the first player ever featured on the cover of the “Madden NFL” video game series?
- Which team won the very first Super Bowl (then called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game)?
- What unique piece of equipment did kicker Tom Dempsey use to kick his record-setting 63-yard field goal in 1970?
- Which Heisman Trophy winner went on to have a legendary dual-career in both the NFL and Major League Baseball?
- What does the acronym “RPO” stand for in modern football terminology?