NFL Mixture Trivia

1. While you are preparing for the big game, you meditate on a picture of your hero. This player, from Mississippi Valley State, is roundly considered the greatest wide receiver in the history of the NFL. Who is he?

From Quiz Something for Wide Receivers

Answer: Jerry Rice

"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." --Jerry Rice Modesty isn't a trait often found in wide receivers.

From Quiz Outrageous NFL Games

Answer: Washington Redskins

None of the other teams were in the NFL in 1940. The Bears scored seven touchdowns from the ground, one from the air, and two via interceptions. It was 28-0 by halftime, and 54-0 at the end of the third quarter.

From Quiz American Football For Brits

Answer: Derrick Thomas

The others were all quarterbacks in the NFL, long before Derrick was even born. Thomas was drafted fourth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft. Derrick was a nine-time Pro Bowler and had 126.5 sacks in just 11 seasons, but unfortunately died in 2000 as a result of complications from an automobile crash. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009. Namath made his name as a quarterback with the New York Jets (Super Bowl III), Unitas with the Baltimore Colts, and Dawson with the Kansas City Chiefs in their Super Bowl I endeavours against the Green Bay Packers.

From Quiz Football Zebras

Answer: black

The NFL uniform for field officials consists of a black and white striped shirt, black knickers (pants), black belts, and black shoes. The referee wears a white cap while all other officials wear black caps. During the 1920s before the striped shirts were adopted, they wore white dress shirts, black bow ties, black dress pants, and black dress shoes.

From Quiz Pigskin Soup

Answer: Dan Marino

The others were 30,000 yards short of even Marino. Dan was a career Miami Dolphin from 1983-1999. He set a season passing record in 1984 when he threw for 5084 yards. Marino was a nine-time Pro Bowler, and was not jinxed with his jersey number 13.

From Quiz NFL by the Numbers

Answer: Chicago Bears

The year that the Chicago Bears won their first Super Bowl was in the 1985 season. Miami won it in 1973 and 1974, Denver in 1998 and 1999, and Green Bay won it in 1967, 1968, and 1997.

From Quiz NFL: You Find the Error

Answer: The player/actor was Fred Dryer

Dryer made the Pro Bowl only one time, and that was in 1975 in his seventh NFL season. Smith was also a defensive lineman and played for the Colts and Oilers in seven seasons, retiring in 1976. Smith co-starred in a series of movies, "Police Academy".

From Quiz Football Fanatic II

Answer: Craig Morton

In Super Bowl XII following the 1977 season, the Broncos played the Cowboys only to lose 27-10. Number 7 Craig Morton was the quarterback. Hard to imagine anyone other than Elway wearing number 7 in a Broncos' uniform.

From Quiz NFL Stuffings #2

Answer: Bobby Douglass

The others were all kickers. Douglass was in his fourth NFL season with Chicago when he grew wings. His arm didn't function as well with his 38% pass completion rate. The Bears finished 4-9-1 for the season.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds XII

Answer: Oakland Raiders

The other teams did not exist in the 1960s. Under the helm of John Madden in nine of those 11 seasons, the Raiders won a Super Bowl and lost one. In this run, Oakland had an amazing team record of 119-28-7. Their Super Bowl loss was at the hands of the Packers, and their win was over the Vikings.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds X

Answer: Paul Warfield, Jim Kiick, Larry Csonka

All three had played for the Dolphins, were major players, and were on the 1972 perfect-season Dolphin team. They would all come back to the NFL in 1976. Csonka came back to the Giants, Kiick to the Broncos, and Warfield to the Browns.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds VIII

Answer: Chicago Bears

In 1934, the Bears went 13-0, but lost to the Giants 30-13. In 1942, the Bears went 11-0, then lost to the Redskins in that NFL Championship game 14-6.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds IX

Answer: Jim Brown

The others never averaged 100 yards per game in a season, even once in their career. Brown, a career Cleveland Brown, did it first in 1958 when he rushed for 1527 yards in only 12 games. Jim would do it six more times, including his final season in 1965. Brown was a nine-time Pro Bowler.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds VII

Answer: Scott Norwood

The other kickers retired 10 years earlier. Instead of Buffalo winning it all, the Giants pulled out the squeaker, 20-19. The Giants defense weren't tired because the Bills had the ball for less than 20 minutes in the game. Scott lasted only one more season with the Bills and the NFL, retiring in 1991.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds V

Answer: Fran Tarkenton

The others were quarterbacks, but never played for the Vikings. In 18 seasons, Tarkenton had thrown over 20 interceptions only twice. In the middle of his career, Fran went to the New York Giants for five seasons before coming back home to Minnesota. In his final season, Fran still threw for 3468 yards and 25 touchdowns, but had the 32 interceptions.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds III

Answer: Mercury Morris

The others were all big offensive linemen. Csonka rushed for 1117 yards in the season, then Morris finished it out with 991. A couple of days later, a statistician found that Mercury was mistakenly credited with a nine-yard loss, thus, 1000! The Dolphins went 14-0 and took the Super Bowl win against the Redskins.

From Quiz Seasoned Pork Rinds I

Answer: Tom Mack

The others listed were all defensive backs. Mack protected such greats as Roman Gabriel, Bill Munson, John Hadl, James Harris, and even Joe Namath. Tom never went to a Super Bowl, and the Dallas Cowboys squelched his chances four times.

From Quiz NFL Football Mix

Answer: William Heffelfinger

William "Pudge" Heffelfinger was an All-American guard from Yale. He joined the Allegheny Athletic Association in 1892.

From Quiz NFL For Dummies

Answer: Minnesota Vikings

The others listed finished the season below .500. The Vikings had a stellar year, finishing 15-1, with their only season loss to the Bucs in week 9. After defeating the Arizona Cardinals in the Division Championship 41-21, they lost to the Falcons in the NFC Championship game 30-27.

From Quiz Random NFL

Answer: wide receiver

Jerry Rice was drafted in 1985 by the San Francisco 49ers. He was born October 13, 1962. Entering the 2003 season, he has played for the 49ers and the Oakland Raiders.

From Quiz NFL Football Madness

Answer: San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco's great Joe Montana (With others) won Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX!

From Quiz NFL Mix

Answer: New York Titans

They changed their name because the Titans came under new management, and the owner at the time was name Jett Johnson.

From Quiz Mixture of the NFL

Answer: Minnesota Vikings

The final score was 27-24. It was a home game for the Lions.

From Quiz Football The American Way

Answer: Jerry Rice & Rice

From Quiz Dennis Miller-isms

Answer: New Orleans Saints

giveaways: heavenly (saints are religious figures), black (they wear black and gold)...tosser from the land of cheese (Aaron Brooks came from Green Bay)...dreadlocked runner(Ricky Williams).

From Quiz Outrageous NFL Games

Answer: Jacksonville Jaguars

Taylor rushed for 135 yards, including a 90-yard first quarter touchdown. He also caught a 35-yard touchdown in the second quarter. A Dan Marino touchdown pass in the second quarter would be Miami's only score, in the 2nd week of the play-offs. Fielder and Brunell threw for two touchdowns each for the Jaguars. The Jaguars went on to lose the AFC Championship Game 4-33 to the Titans.

From Quiz Football Zebras

Answer: referee

The other positions are the umpire, head linesman, field judge, line judge, back judge, and the side judge.

From Quiz NFL by the Numbers

Answer: Herman Moore and Brett Perriman

This season set the single season record for most passing yards(4,338), and completions (346) by a Detroit Lions quarterback, achieved by Scott Mitchell.

From Quiz Football Fanatic II

Answer: Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys had been to the big game 8 times, losing to the Steelers twice and the Colts. Steelers had been 6 times losing only once to the Cowboys. The 49ers had been 5 times, winning all 5. And of course, Buffalo had been to 4 straight, losing all 4 times.

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