College Athletes Alma Maters Trivia Quiz

Answer: Florida

Running back Emmitt Smith for the University of Florida Gators from 1987 through 1989. For the 1989 season, Smith was named the SEC Player of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-American.

Answer: Indiana

Larry Bird attended the University of Indiana on a basketball scholarship in the fall semester of 1974. Bird dropped out of school a month into the semester. In 1975, Bird enrolled at Indiana State University to play basketball. Bird led the Sycamores to play in the championship game of the 1979 NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Answer: Oklahoma

Troy Aikman signed with the University of Oklahoma out of high school in 1984. Aikman played quarterback for the Sooners during the 1984 and 1985 seasons. On October 19, 1985, Aikman suffered a broken ankle against the University of Miami. Aikman's season ended and he relinquished his role as starting quarterback. After the 1985 season, Aikman transferred to the UCLA.

At UCLA, Aikman was the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in 1987 and the 1988 Davey O'Brien Award in 1988. Aikman was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989 NFL Draft.

Answer: Texas

Roger Clemens led the Texas Longhorns to the NCAA Baseball College World Series during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. Clemens' Longhorns won the 1983 NCAA Baseball College World Series. Clemens debuted for the Boston Red Sox during the 1984 MLB season.

Answer: SMU

Running backs Eric Dickerson and Craig James shared carries on the SMU Mustangs from 1979 through 1982. This backfield was known as the "Pony Express". Dickerson played eleven NFL seasons on four different teams.

Answer: Houston

Andre Ware won the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award in 1989 as a member of the University of Houston Cougars. Ware had a journeyman professional football career ending in 1999. Beginning in 2003, Andre Ware has been a college football analyst for ESPN.

Answer: Wake Forest

In 1997, Tim Duncan won the John Wooden Award and the Naismith College Player of the Year at Wake Forest University. Duncan was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. Duncan played nineteen seasons with the Spurs.

Answer: Kansas

Wilt Chamberlain played for the University of Kansas from 1956 through 1958. Chamberlain played for the Harlem Globetrotters for one season. Chamberlain then played for three different NBA teams over fourteen seasons. On March 2, 1962, Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game against the New York Knicks.

Answer: Notre Dame

Running back Ricky Watters played in the NFL in ten seasons for three different teams. Watters signed a scholarship to play college football for the University of Notre Dame in 1987. Watters' Fighting Irish won the college football national championship after the 1988 season.

Answer: Tennessee

Todd Helton received an athletic scholarship to play both football and baseball at the University of Tennessee in 1992. During the 1994 football season, Helton was replaced at starting quarterback by then Vols freshman Peyton Manning. In baseball, Helton won the Dick Howser Trophy in 1995.

Todd Helton was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the first round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. After a seventeen-year career with the Rockies, Helton was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2024.