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NFL Numbers Trivia Quizzes

11 NFL Numbers quizzes and 125 NFL Numbers trivia questions.

NFL by the (Jersey) Numbers best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A challenging and fun look at some of the most famous jersey numbers in NFL history.

Tough, 10 Qns, d2407, Mar 31 15

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Well Known NFL Jersey Numbers

Classification Quiz

20 Qns

Jersey numbers in football can be just as famous as the people who wear them. Categorize the following NFL players by the numbers they wore. Have fun, and good luck!

Easier, 20 Qns, jddrsi_raven, Jan 30 22

Easier
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Jan 30 22
229 plays

Watch My Back! top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

An all multiple choice quiz about some NFL Hall of Fame greats and one other, along with their jersey numbers. I hope that you enjoy it! :-)

Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Mar 31 15

Average
Nightmare

2811 plays

Let's Play the Numbers! top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A short and sweet all multiple choice quiz about some NFL Hall of Fame greats and their jersey numbers in a plus/minus endeavor. You can do this one. :)

Easier, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Mar 26 11

Easier
Nightmare

409 plays

NFL Players & Their Numbers great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is about NFL players and their numbers.

Average, 10 Qns, ericn, Jul 01 08

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1118 plays

NFL: Retired Numbers

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

It is a high honor for a pro football player to have his jersey number retired by his team, never to be worn again. These questions relate to those teams, numbers, and honorees.

Average, 15 Qns, fritzer, Mar 14 04

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NFL Player Numbers Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is a quiz that can see what you really know about NFL Players numbers, both jerseys and stats.

Average, 10 Qns, Clash, Mar 31 15

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Clash
3283 plays

Test yourself! NFL Player Numbers Quiz

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

I will give you a player's number and the team they played on. You give me the player. All of these are from the 2003 season.

Average, 15 Qns, jmallitton, Jan 17 07

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1970s Players By Number

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is for the older fan. I will name an NFL player from the early 70s and the team he played for. You tell me the jersey number that player wore while playing for that team. Not all players are stars so you have to be a student of the game.

Tough, 10 Qns, cowboyfan75, Mar 31 15

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Players and Their Numbers

Multiple Choice

5 Qns

I will give you the player and the team, you give me their number. Good luck.

Average, 5 Qns, imgumby420, Jul 29 04

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imgumby420
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Quick Question

John Riggins of the Washington Redskins wore what number?

From Quiz "Players and Their Numbers"

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Players Numbers 2004

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is a quiz where you must find whose number results from adding and/or subtracting other players' numbers.

Average, 10 Qns, donjuan05, Apr 12 05

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1491 plays

NFL Numbers Trivia Questions

1. The Colts' franchise has retired the number 19, belonging to which man that many call the greatest of all time?

From Quiz NFL: Retired Numbers

Answer: Johnny Unitas

The greatest quarterback of all-time, that is. Those other three great Colts have had their numbers retired as well.

2. Who was number 7 for the Atlanta Falcons?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Michael Vick

Michael played QB for the Falcons.

3. What was Joe Montana's number when he played for the Kansas City Chiefs?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: 19

He couldn't wear number 16 because it was retired by Len Dawson.

4. Taking the Kansas City Chiefs number 63 of linebacker Willie Lanier, and subtracting the number 16 of Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, which Pittsburgh Steeler Hall of Fame cornerback would you end up with?

From Quiz Let's Play the Numbers!

Answer: Mel Blount

Blount wore the number 47 for the Steelers in his entire career from 1970-1983. He led the league in 1975 with 11 interceptions. Mel was also the 1975 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year. He retired with 57 interceptions in his career.

5. This Cleveland Browns tremendous running back, Jim Brown, played for only nine seasons in his career. In all nine seasons, he was nominated to the Pro Bowl each time. Which number donned the back of this great Hall of Famer?

From Quiz Watch My Back!

Answer: 32

Brown was an All-American out of Syracuse, and the Browns took him as their number one pick in the 1957 draft. After winning the Rookie of the Year in 1957, he went on to lead the NFL in rushing for eight of his nine years. He walked away from the game in 1965, and was a Hall of Fame inductee in 1971.

6. The Green Bay Packers retired the number 3 for which player, who died in November 2003 at age 84?

From Quiz NFL: Retired Numbers

Answer: Tony Canadeo

Tony was called the "Grey Ghost" and played halfback. The numbers of Hutson (14) and Starr (15) are retired.

7. Who was number 24 for the Oakland Raiders?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Charles Woodson

Charles played CB for the Raiders.

8. What was Tony Dorsett's number when he played for the Denver Broncos?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: 33

He kept the same number he had when he was traded from the Cowboys.

9. The Chicago Bears retired the number 3 and the number 7 in honor of Bronko Nagurski and George Halas. Adding these two numbers would give way to which Hall of Fame quarterback?

From Quiz Let's Play the Numbers!

Answer: Fran Tarkenton

Tarkenton wore the number 10 throughout his entire 18-season career, both with the Vikings and Giants. He led the league once in TD passes with 25 in 1975, and once in passing yards in 1978 with 3468. In that 1978 season which was his final year, he also threw a record 32 interceptions. Fran was the first quarterback in history to throw for over 45,000 passing yards. He was inducted into the hall in 1986.

10. Quarterback Joe Montana broke many NFL records records. For 13 seasons he played with the the number 16 on his back in a San Francisco 49er uniform. He spent his last two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and wore which number?

From Quiz Watch My Back!

Answer: 19

Joe was drafted from Notre Dame in 1979, amazingly not until the third round. Montana led San Francisco to four Super Bowls and was also named Super Bowl MVP three times. He missed the entire 1991 season due to injury and played until 1992 in San Francisco, then retired as a Chief in 1994. Montana was an easy hall inductee in 2000.

11. Bearing in mind that this question is about jersey numbers, which list of names below properly completes this sequence: Drew Bledsoe, Emmitt Smith, Sammy Baugh, John Riggins.

From Quiz NFL by the (Jersey) Numbers

Answer: Junior Seau, Ray Nitschke, Red Grange, Lynn Swann

The players named in the question wore multiples of 11 - Bledsoe (11), Smith (22), Baugh (33), Riggins (44), so the sequence would logically continue with Seau (55), Nitschke (66), Grange (77), and Swann (88).

12. The first Buffalo Bills jersey number to be retired was 12. Who did it belong to?

From Quiz NFL: Retired Numbers

Answer: Jim Kelly

Quarterback for the Bills 1986 to 1996.

13. Who was number 30 for the Washington Redskins?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Trung Canidate

Trung played RB for the Redskins.

14. What was Marshall Faulk's number, both when he played for the Indianapolis Colts and the Rams?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: 28

15. O.J. Simpson broke the season rushing record of the great Jim Brown while playing for the Bills. After nine seasons in Buffalo wearing the number 32, Simpson found himself in a 49er jersey for his final two seasons wearing which number on his back?

From Quiz Watch My Back!

Answer: 32

O.J. played for the Bills from 1969-1977. He retired as a 49er in 1979, but not before being the NFL Player of the Year three times, and leading the league in rushing four times. The hall took O.J. in 1985.

16. The San Diego Chargers have retired the number 14. Who were they honoring?

From Quiz NFL: Retired Numbers

Answer: Dan Fouts & Fouts

Fouts had a very successful television broadcasting career as a football analyst.

17. Who was number 79 for the Oakland Raiders?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Mo Collins

Mo Collins played guard for the Raiders.

18. Bears' linebacker Mike Singletary donned which jersey number?

From Quiz Players and Their Numbers

Answer: 50

Mr. Intensity helped lead the 1985 Chicago Bear's defense in the Super Bowl Shuffle.

19. The New York Giants retired Lawrence Taylor's number 56 and Frank Gifford's number 16. If you subtracted Gifford's number from Taylor's, which Chicago Bear Hall of Fame running back would you have?

From Quiz Let's Play the Numbers!

Answer: Gale Sayers

Sayers played for only seven in the NFL, and all with the Bears. The number 40 rushed for over 1000 yards in two of those seasons. He was also a Pro Bowler in four of his seasons. Gale retired in 1971.

20. One player had an impressive 21 sacks during the 1987 season. The other player managed 22.5 sacks during the 2001 season. Besides their ability to get to the quarterback, what was the jersey number the two players had in common?

From Quiz NFL by the (Jersey) Numbers

Answer: 92

The two players would of course be Reggie "Minister of Defense" White, and Michael Strahan. For White, the number 92 has other significance: after the '92 season, he left the Eagles for the Packers, helping Green Bay return to being a league-leading team again for the first time since the 1960s.

21. Who was number 20 on the Cleveland Browns?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Earl Little

Earl played Safety for the Browns.

22. Bill Bates played for the Cowboys from 1983-2000. He wore only one number. What is it?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: 40

Tom Landry gave him number 40 in 1983, and he never wore another number.

23. Larry Brown, running back, of the Washington Redskins wore what jersey number?

From Quiz 1970s Players By Number

Answer: 43

Larry played his college football at Kansas State.

24. The Seattle Seahawks retired the number 12 in honor of 'the 12th man', their fans. Subtracting this number from Seahawk Hall of Famer Steve Largent's number 80 would give you which Washington Redskin Hall of Fame offensive guard?

From Quiz Let's Play the Numbers!

Answer: Russ Grimm

Russ Grimm was a career Redskin from 1981-1991. He protected quarterback Joe Theismann in five of those seasons, and Mark Rypien and Doug Williams in others. Russ was a four-time Pro Bowler, and inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010. He wore the number 68.

25. The New York Giants retired #56. By what two-letter nickname was this defensive standout also known?

From Quiz NFL by the (Jersey) Numbers

Answer: LT

In honor of Lawrence "LT" Taylor.

26. Which team has retired two sequential numbers, both worn by fantastic quarterbacks: Number 12 led the team from 1967 to 1979; Number 13 from 1983 to 1999?

From Quiz NFL: Retired Numbers

Answer: Dolphins

Bob Griese (12) is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dan Marino (13) had been holder of season and career passing yardage records.

27. Who was number 48 for the Carolina Panthers?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Stephen Davis

Stephen played RB for the Panthers.

28. There are many members in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor. What two players share the same number?

From Quiz NFL Player Numbers

Answer: Randy White/Chuck Howley

Both Randy White and Chuck Howley wore number 54.

29. Subtracting the retired Philadelphia Eagle numbers of Reggie White (92) from Jerome Brown's (99), which Ram Hall of Fame quarterback would you see?

From Quiz Let's Play the Numbers!

Answer: Bob Waterfield

Waterfield wore the number 7, and began his career in Cleveland with the Rams in 1945 before the team moved to Los Angeles. Bob led the league in completions once, touchdowns twice, but twice with interceptions also. Waterfield won the NFL Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP trophy) in 1945. The Rams drafted Bob out of UCLA. He was a hall inductee in 1965.

30. The Dallas Cowboys have had some great quarterbacks of their own. Going backwards in time to name a few, there was Troy Aikman who donned the number 8, Roger Staubach who wore the number 12, and Don Merideth who wore which number?

From Quiz Watch My Back!

Answer: 17

Merideth played for the Cowboys during his entire career from 1960-1968. It is tough to comprehend that with his running backs of Don Perkins and Dan Reeves, along with his receivers of Bob Hayes and Lance Rentzel, that he never led the Cowboys to a Super Bowl victory.

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