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#20 Trivia Quiz

Barry Sanders and Billy Sims both wore #20 for the Detroit Lions. Can you tell these 10 facts about the two superstar running backs apart? Five facts about each man's life or career.

A matching quiz by Shadowmyst2004. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Shadowmyst2004

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
383,941

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
460

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Questions		Choices
1. Born in St. Louis, Missouri.		Barry Sanders
2. Rushed for 2,053 yards in his penultimate season.		Billy Sims
3. Sold his Heisman Trophy.		Billy Sims
4. Led the NFL in rushing yards four times.		Barry Sanders
5. Opened a chain of a barbeque restaurants after retiring.		Barry Sanders
6. Averaged over 230 yards per game for an entire season in college.		Barry Sanders
7. First overall pick in the NFL Draft.		Billy Sims
8. Was a backup running back to his own brother his junior and part of his senior year of high school.		Billy Sims
9. Scored 47 career NFL touchdowns.		Billy Sims
10. First NFL player to appear on the cover of "Madden NFL" multiple times.		Barry Sanders

Select each answer

1. Born in St. Louis, Missouri.

2. Rushed for 2,053 yards in his penultimate season.

3. Sold his Heisman Trophy.

4. Led the NFL in rushing yards four times.

5. Opened a chain of a barbeque restaurants after retiring.

6. Averaged over 230 yards per game for an entire season in college.

7. First overall pick in the NFL Draft.

8. Was a backup running back to his own brother his junior and part of his senior year of high school.

9. Scored 47 career NFL touchdowns.

10. First NFL player to appear on the cover of "Madden NFL" multiple times.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Answer: Billy Sims

Sims was born in September 1955. He ended up going to high school in Texas after being born in Missouri. Then he was on to college at Oklahoma before ending up in Michigan for his professional career.

2. Rushed for 2,053 yards in his penultimate season.

Answer: Barry Sanders

Sanders was less than 1,500 yards away from becoming the NFL's all-time leading rusher when he chose to retire just before the start of the 1999 NFL season. He rushed for 2,053 yards in 1997 while winning the NFL MVP Award. At the time his 2,053 yards was the second most in league history.

3. Sold his Heisman Trophy.

Answer: Billy Sims

Sims had several failed businesses and other financial issues after retiring from pro football. Eventually, broke and needing money, he sold his Heisman Trophy to Texas businessman Bob White for $50,000.

4. Led the NFL in rushing yards four times.

Answer: Barry Sanders

Sanders was the top rusher in 1990, 1994, 1996 and 1997. In his 10-year career he never failed to reach 1,000 yards.

5. Opened a chain of a barbeque restaurants after retiring.

Answer: Billy Sims

Billy Sims BBQ started in 2004 near the campus at Oklahoma. Within 10 years it had expanded to more than six states.

The business is a combination of franchise and corporate owned restaurants.

6. Averaged over 230 yards per game for an entire season in college.

Answer: Barry Sanders

In 1988, Sanders had 2,628 yards in 11 games. That was good enough for a 238.9 yard per game average. He also had 222 yards in a bowl game that year, but stats from bowl games were not officially included in season totals until more than a decade later.

7. First overall pick in the NFL Draft.

Answer: Billy Sims

Sims went #1 overall in 1980. Sanders went #3 overall in 1988.

Sims' career was cut short when he was injured in the 1984 season. He attempted a comeback in 1988, but couldn't compete at a level good enough for the NFL and officially retired.

8. Was a backup running back to his own brother his junior and part of his senior year of high school.

Answer: Barry Sanders

Byron Sanders, Barry's older brother, was in the same grade as he was in high school.

Barry was the starting tailback his sophomore year, but was supplanted by his brother for his junior year. Barry took back the starting job after the first four games of their senior year.

Byron would go on to play in college at Northwestern University and was drafted by the Bears in the 9th round the same year Barry was the #1 overall pick.

Byron never played in a regular season game. He joined his brother on the roster in the preseason for 1994 in Detroit.

9. Scored 47 career NFL touchdowns.

Answer: Billy Sims

Sims, whose career spanned just three full seasons and parts of two others, scored 42 rushing and 5 receiving touchdowns. He had three 1,000 yard seasons and was forced into retirement after the 1984 season when he suffered a major knee injury.

10. First NFL player to appear on the cover of "Madden NFL" multiple times.

Answer: Barry Sanders

Sanders was the first player to be on the cover twice. He was on the cover in 2000 and again in 2013 for the 25th anniversary edition. Both times were after he retired.

Sims, who never played after 1984, was out of football before the first "Madden" game was released.

Source: Author Shadowmyst2004

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