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NFC Playoffs Games 1980-1982 Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the playoff games played in the NFL's National Football Conference from 1980 to 1982.

A multiple-choice quiz by AdmiralShark. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
AdmiralShark

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,033

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
553

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Question 1 of 15

1. In a 1980 NFC first round playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Los Angeles Rams 34-13. How many touchdown passes did Danny White have in the game? Hint

none, he was injured

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Question 2 of 15

2. In a 1980 NFC divisional playoff, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Minnesota Vikings 31-16. Which Eagles' player was the only one to have multiple touchdowns in the game? Hint

Wilbert Montgomery

John Spagnola

Harold Carmichael

Louis Giammona

3. In a 1980 NFC divisional playoff, the Dallas Cowboys came from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 30-27. How many fourth quarter points did Dallas score to win the game? Hint

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Question 4 of 15

4. The Philadelphia Eagles won the 1980 NFC Championship with a 20-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. What was the only quarter of the game in which the Eagles did not score? Hint

fourth

first

second

third

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Question 5 of 15

5. In the 1981 NFC wild card playoff game, the New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27-21. The last of the Giants' three first quarter touchdowns came when who recovered a fumble in the end zone? Hint

Lawrence Taylor

Mark Haynes

Harry Carson

Brad Van Pelt

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Question 6 of 15

6. In a 1981 NFC divisional playoff, the Dallas Cowboys destroyed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-0. The longest Dallas scoring play of the game covered how many yards? Hint

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Question 7 of 15

7. In a 1982 NFC divisional playoff game, the San Francisco 49er's defeated the New York Giants 38-24. How many touchdown passes of more than 50 yards did quarterbacks Joe Montana (SF) and Scott Brunner (NYG) combine for in the game? Hint

two

four

one

three

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Question 8 of 15

8. The San Francisco 49er's won the 1981 NFC Championship with a 28-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The 49er's won on the play known as "The Catch" when Joe Montana hit Dwight Clark with a six yard touchdown pass with less than a minute left. Dallas took a 27-21 lead earlier in the fourth quarter when Danny White threw a touchdown pass to who? Hint

Jay Saldi

Butch Johnson

Doug Cosbie

Billy Joe Dupree

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Question 9 of 15

9. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Washington Redskins defeated the Detroit Lions 31-7. Which Redskins' player caught three touchdown passes from Joe Theismann in the game? Hint

Joe Washington

Alvin Garrett

Art Monk

Clint Didier

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Question 10 of 15

10. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Green Bay Packers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 41-16. Three Packers accounted for the five Green Bay touchdowns in the game. Who was not one of the three Packers? Hint

James Lofton

Eddie Lee Ivory

Paul Coffman

John Jefferson

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Question 11 of 15

11. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-17. Dallas' winning score came when which player ran an interception back for a touchdown? Hint

Bob Breunig

Monty Hunter

Everson Walls

Randy White

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Question 12 of 15

12. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Atlanta Falcons 30-24. Whose fourth quarter touchdown won the game for the Vikings? Hint

Darrin Nelson

Sam McCullum

Sammy White

Ted Brown

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Question 13 of 15

13. In a 1982 NFC second round playoff game, the Washington Redskins defeated the Minnesota Vikings by what score? Hint

34-27

21-7

38-7

28-20

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Question 14 of 15

14. In a 1982 NFC second round playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Green Bay Packers 37-26. How many field goals did the two teams combine for in the game? Hint

three

five

seven

one

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Question 15 of 15

15. The Washington Redskins won the 1982 NFC championship with a 31-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Whose interception return for a touchdown accounted for the last score of the game? Hint

Dexter Manley

Tony Peters

Darryl Grant

Mike Nelms

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In a 1980 NFC first round playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Los Angeles Rams 34-13. How many touchdown passes did Danny White have in the game?

Answer: 3

The game was tied 13-13 at the half. In the second half, White threw three touchdown passes. White threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter. First was a 10-yarder to Tony Dorsett and then, later in the third, White threw a 35-yarder to Butch Johnson. In the fourth quarter, he threw an 11-yarder to Drew Pearson.

2. In a 1980 NFC divisional playoff, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Minnesota Vikings 31-16. Which Eagles' player was the only one to have multiple touchdowns in the game?

Answer: Wilbert Montgomery

Minnesota lead at the half 14-7. In the third period, the Eagles broke the game open on a pair of Wilbert Montgomery touchdown runs, of eight and five yards.

Answer: 20

Atlanta lead 24-10 going into the fourth quarter but a Robert Newhouse one yard run and two Danny White touchdown passes to Drew Pearson (14 and 23 yards) gave the Cowboys the win.

4. The Philadelphia Eagles won the 1980 NFC Championship with a 20-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. What was the only quarter of the game in which the Eagles did not score?

Answer: second

Philadelphia scored on a Wilbert Montgomery 42-yard run in the first quarter. In the third quarter, the Eagles scored on a Tony Franklin 26-yard field goal and a Leroy Harris nine yard run. In the fourth quarter, Tony Franklin added a 20-yard field goal. Dallas' only score came in the second quarter on a Tony Dorsett 3-yard run.

Answer: Mark Haynes

Haynes' fumble recovery gave the Giants a 20-0 lead in the first quarter.

6. In a 1981 NFC divisional playoff, the Dallas Cowboys destroyed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-0. The longest Dallas scoring play of the game covered how many yards?

Answer: 9

Five different Cowboys scored in the game. Tony Hill scored on a nine yard pass from Danny White in the second quarter. In the third, Ron Springs scored on a one yard run, Tony Dorsett on a five yard run, and James Jones on a five yard run. In the fourth quarter, Robert Newhouse scored on a one yard run.

Answer: three

Brunner threw two touchdown passes of more than 50 yards in the game, a 72-yarder in the first quarter to Earnest Gray and a 59-yarder to Johnny Perkins in the third quarter. Joe Montana had one, also in the third quarter. That was a 58-yarder to Freddie Solomon.

Answer: Doug Cosbie

White's touchdown pass to Cosbie went for 21 yards. The biggest lead either team had in the game previously was only four points.

9. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Washington Redskins defeated the Detroit Lions 31-7. Which Redskins' player caught three touchdown passes from Joe Theismann in the game?

Answer: Alvin Garrett

Garrett, who caught only one pass during the regular season, caught a pair of 21-yard touchdown passes from Theismann in the second quarter. He also caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Theismann in the third quarter.

Answer: Paul Coffman

Ivory scored two touchdowns, both in the second quarter, on a two yard run and a four yard pass from Lynn Dickey. Jefferson scored on a 60-yard touchdown pass in the first and a seven yard touchdown pass in the third, both from Dickey. Lofton's touchdown came on a 20-yard pass from Lynn Dickey in the second quarter.

11. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-17. Dallas' winning score came when which player ran an interception back for a touchdown?

Answer: Monty Hunter

Hunter's 19-yard return of an interception in the fourth quarter came with the Buccaneers leading 17-16.

12. In a 1982 NFC first round playoff game, the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Atlanta Falcons 30-24. Whose fourth quarter touchdown won the game for the Vikings?

Answer: Ted Brown

Atlanta took a 24-23 lead in the fourth quarter on Mick Luckhurst's 41-yard field goal but Brown's five yard run for a score gave the Vikings the victory.

13. In a 1982 NFC second round playoff game, the Washington Redskins defeated the Minnesota Vikings by what score?

Answer: 21-7

All the game's scoring came in the first half. Washington scored two touchdowns in the first quarter (a Joe Theismann to Don Warren three yard touchdown pass and and a John Riggins two yard run) and one in the second (Theismann to Alvin Garrett for an 18-yard touchdown pass). Minnesota's only touchdown pass came on a Ted Brown 18-yard touchdown run.

14. In a 1982 NFC second round playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Green Bay Packers 37-26. How many field goals did the two teams combine for in the game?

Answer: five

Dallas' Rafael Septien had three field goals in the game (50 and 34 yards in the first and a 24-yarder in the 3rd) and Green Bay's Jan Stenerud kicked two field goals in the third, a 30 and 33-yarder.

15. The Washington Redskins won the 1982 NFC championship with a 31-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Whose interception return for a touchdown accounted for the last score of the game?

Answer: Darryl Grant

Grant's 10-yard interception return in the fourth quarter sent Washington to their second Super Bowl in franchise history.

Source: Author AdmiralShark

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