NFL Pro Bowl Trivia

1. What locale, the home of the Raiders during the regular season, hosted the 2023 Pro Bowl Games?

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada

The majority of the 2023 Pro Bowl Games took place at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, NV. The stadium was opened in 2020 and it is located less than a mile from the southern part of the Las Vegas Strip. The Pro Bowl Games of 2023 had an attendance of 58,331.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: John Brockington

John Brockington rushed for 1,000 yards from his rookie 1971 season, in which he finished second in the league in rushing behind Floyd Little through 1973, then never came close to the mark again. He played six seasons for Green Bay before being traded to Kansas City after one game in 1977. He retired after that season with 5,185 career rushing yards, almost 3,300 of them coming in his first three years.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: Los Angeles

Memorial Coliseum, site of the first Super Bowl, was also the site of the first post-merger all-star game. The NFC won the game 27-6.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Derek Carr

Derek Carr played for the Raiders franchise between 2014 and 2022. After the 2022-23 season, he was released by the Las Vegas Raiders. Carr passed for more than 35,000 yards and 200 touchdowns with the team. In the 2023 Pro Bowl Games, Derek Carr dominated the Precision Passing challenge which involved hitting moving and stationary targets. Targets that were farther away, smaller and moving faster were worth more points.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Jordan Poyer

Jordan Poyer was drafted in the 7th round of the 2013 NFL Draft and he played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns before he signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2017. Poyer's stellar performance in the 2022-23 season got him voted to his first Pro Bowl. Before his final swing in the Longest Drive competition of the 2023 Pro Bowl Games, the NFC was winning with a 316-yard drive. Poyer's win in the Longest Drive competition put the AFC up over the NFC 9-0 after three events.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson

The always-quotable Henderson was a favorite of reporters before the three Super Bowls he played in. Although Henderson helped Dallas beat the Broncos to win the 1979 Super Bowl, Bradshaw managed to be smart enough to lead his Steelers to two victories over Henderson's Cowboys.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: San Francisco 49ers

Dan McGuire also worked for many years as a sports columnist for the Honolulu Advertiser.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Dodgeball

The AFC and NFC had one conference's offense play dodgeball against the other conference's defense. In dodgeball the goal is to eliminate the other team by throwing a ball at opposing players and if they are hit they are out. However, if the player catches the ball then the player that threw the ball is out. In the final round of dodgeball at the 2023 Pro Bowl Games, the NFC offense beat the AFC defense to earn three points for the conference.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Lydell Mitchell

Mitchell played for nine seasons, with five being in the Baltimore Colt backfield. Lydell caught 72 passes in the 1974 season. In 1975, Chuck Foreman of the Vikings caught 73 in 1975 to lead the league.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: 1980

To boost attendance and give players incentive to participate, the NFL made the decision to move the Pro Bowl to Honolulu. That makes the NFL the only major sports league to hold its all-star game in a location not in the continental United States. It is also the only all-star game held on a neutral site, and at the end of the sport's season.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Garo Yepremian

Miami's Garo Yepremian atoned for his memorable fumble in the previous year's Super Bowl, by being named the MVP of the 1973 season's Pro Bowl. He kicked five field goals, including a 42 yarder in the last minute, to single-handedly score all the points for the AFC in their 15-13 win. Stenerud was the first pure kicker elected to the Hall of Fame, and Moseley the first pure kicker to win NFL season MVP honors.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: 55

Led by Rams quarterback Marc Bulger, who threw for a Pro Bowl-record 4 touchdown passes, the NFC rallied from an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the AFC 55-52. Among other records, this Pro Bowl also marked the highest combined score for two teams (107) and the highest combined net yardage (1,022). The 55 points by the NFC bested the previous Pro Bowl record of 51 they scored in 2000.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Tyler Huntley

Tyler Huntley was undrafted out of Utah in 2020 but he was signed by the Baltimore Ravens. He backed up star quarterback Lamar Jackson in the 2022-23 season and he was 2-2 as a starter. Huntley was an odd choice as a Pro Bowl alternate since he had just two passing touchdowns and three interceptions during the regular season. However, Huntley played great in the first flag football game as he had four touchdown passes. Even so, his NFC counterpart, Geno Smith, also had an excellent game and the NFC won 33-27.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Otis Taylor

Actually, a pretty easy question, if you know that of the four, only Otis Taylor scored a Super Bowl touchdown. Taylor was brilliant for the first nine years of his career, usually catching 50+ passes for near or above 20 yards per catch. He twice gained more than 1,000 yards receiving in 14-game seasons, and four times averaged more than 18 yards per reception.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: 42

Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins made up for a lackluster performance in Super Bowl XVIII the previous week by going 21 of 27 with 242 yards and 3 touchdown passes, to lead the NFC in a 45-3 rout of the AFC.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Trevon Diggs

Trevon Diggs is the younger brother of Stefon Diggs who played wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills in the 2022-23 season. During the second flag football game at the 2023 Pro Bowl, Stefon caught a touchdown on a deep pass while being covered by his brother. However, Trevon nearly had a touchdown of his own after he intercepted and ran back a pass from his brother Stefon later in the game. The AFC won the second flag football game 18-13.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: Fumble return for touchdown

Trailing 14-12 in the fourth quarter, the AFC got a big lift from Kansas City defensive end Art Still, who recovered a fumble and rumbled 83 yards to score the go-ahead points. Seattle Seahawks' kicker Norm Johnson added a 22-yard field goal later to cap off the scoring. In this game, both teams combined for a record 17 sacks, including four by New York Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Amon-Ra St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown was drafted in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. The 2022-23 season was his first Pro Bowl appearance and he beat Stefon Diggs handily in the Best Catch competition. In the third flag football game, St. Brown caught a touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins with just two minutes left in the first half.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Lester Hayes

Lester Hayes was probably best known for prowling the Raiders' defensive backfield with his arms and legs covered with yellow stickum, the better to help intercept balls thrown his way. Chicago's Fencik won one Super Bowl and was in the 1980 and 1981 Pro Bowls. Pittsburgh's Donnie Shell was a four-time Super Bowl winner selected to five Pro Bowls ('78-'82). Dwight Hicks won two Super Bowls with the 49ers and played in the 1981-84 Pro Bowls.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: Mike Boryla

Boryla threw touchdown passes to Mel Gray and Terry Metcalf to lead the NFC to the comeback win. This was the highlight of Boryla's brief career in the NFL. He spent three of his four years with the Philadelphia Eagles, and as a rookie, led the Eagles to a 36-14 win over Green Bay in 1974. FunTrivia player malcolmsex gave me a very valuable correction. Originally, I spelled Mike Boryla's (rhymes with "gorilla") name wrong. That's why I couldn't find any information on him on the Internet. Thanks, malcolmsex, and thanks to both pro-football-reference.com and packersnews.com for more information on Mike Boryla.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Kneel down

The NFC got the ball back with just over two minutes on the clock with a 35-33 lead. They then proceeded to move the ball down the field to the 1-yard line at which point a penalty gave the NFC a first down. The rules of the flag football games at the 2023 Pro Bowl did not allow rushing plays while near the end zone. However, the referee informed the NFC quarterback (Kirk Cousins) that a kneel down was not a penalty and the clock was run out with the NFC victorious.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Fred Smerlas

Fred Smerlas was a mainstay for the Bills defensive line during the 1980s, making the Pro Bowl from 1980-83, and again in 1988. Hall of Famer Jim Kelly was a four-time Pro Bowler, three of them in the 1990s. Cribbs was picked for the Pro Bowl in 1980-81 and 1983. Joe Ferguson was never in a Pro Bowl.

From Quiz 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Answer: Peyton and Eli Manning

Peyton Manning was the coach of the AFC and Eli Manning was the coach of the NFC at the 2023 Pro Bowl Games. Both Peyton and Eli had stellar NFL careers with both of them playing for at least 16 seasons, throwing for over 57,000 yards and winning two Super Bowls. Peyton Manning's company, Omaha Productions, partnered with the NFL to develop the content for the reimagined Pro Bowl Games that first took place in 2023. In prior Pro Bowls, there were not skills competitions that contributed points to the AFC and NFC and standard tackle football was played rather than flag football.

From Quiz Great While They Lasted (1970-1990)

Answer: Pat Haden

Haden, a 1977 Pro Bowler, was selected the next year as a Rhodes Scholar and studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford. Other academic accomplishments for Haden include Magna Cum Laude graduation from USC, Phi Beta Kappa, and earning a law degree in 1982. Roman Gabriel was a Pro Bowler three times with the Rams of the 1960s, and a fourth time with the 1973 Eagles. Jim Everett made the Pro Bowl in 1990.

From Quiz AFC-NFC Pro Bowl

Answer: The two conference runners-up

In 2006, the coaching staffs of the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos supervised the teams involved in the Pro Bowl. That's because they each lost their respective conference championship game. The honor was a reward for their efforts throughout the year and a consolation prize for not making it to the Super Bowl. The rules have sice changed for selections.

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