MIDWINTER FOOTBALL TRIVIA (a JAM-sponsored event)

COMPILED BY KELVIN CABRERA
(all questions are correct through the end of the 2005 regular season)
FINAL SCORE: Tom Dever 37, Chris Crowley 31
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1. Who was the first person to record two safeties in a single game?

2. This charter member of the football Hall of Fame joined the Chicago Bears when he turned pro in 1925. One of his nicknames is the “Wheaton Iceman” because he spent the off-season shipping ice to the people of Wheaton, IL. Who is he?

3. In the anti-trust case United States Football League v. National Football League, the NFL was found to be a “duly adjudicated illegal monopoly” by the jury. What was the monetary award given by the jury?

4. Who was the ultra-authoritarian coach of the Baltimore Colts who led the team to a 0-8-1 record in 1982 which led to the infamous drafting of John Elway?

5. What two schools split the “Consensus” National Championship in 1978?

6. Who intercepted and returned the “Rocket Screen” pass that Joe Theismann’s threw for a touchdown in Super Bowl XVIII in a play that ended the first half?

7. During the Chargers-Raiders game on September 10, 1978, with the Raiders trailing, QB Ken Stabler fumbled the ball in a play that would forever be known as “The Holy Roller.” Who batted the fumbled ball forward? Who fell on the fumbled ball for a touchdown?

8. What team made history by becoming the first team based in the United States to win the Grey Cup in 1995?

9. What two men hold the record for most consecutive games with at least 100-yards pass receiving with seven?

10. What are the three NFL franchises with no representative players in the Hall of Fame?

11. What two teams were involved in 1991’s infamous “Fifth Down” game and who scored the controversial game winning touchdown?

12. In the 1960-1969 seasons, the NFL held the “Bert Bell Benefit Bowl” (a/k/a the “Playoff Bowl” or the “3rd Place Game”) in what city?

13. With 1,437 punts through the end of the 2005 regular season, this man holds the NFL record for most career punts.

14. Vince Lombardi was the head coach for what two NFL franchises?

15. Where did Walter Payton go to college?

16. Who is the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to have never played a single down in the NFL?

17. What now-defunct WLAF/NFL Europe team won the inaugural World Bowl and who did they defeat for the title?

18. Name the two head coaches who coached the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to 100 or more wins.

19. What NFL team holds the record for most consecutive losses?

20. Which two men hold the record for longest field goal and how far was it?

21. The “Greatest Game Ever Played” refers to the 1958 NFL Championship game. Who played in it and why was the ending special?

22. Who caught the famed “Immaculate Reception”? Who was the pass originally intended for?

23. How many National Championships have the Oklahoma Sooners won? Name two of the years they won.

24. In 1986 this Auburn running-back was selected #1 overall in the NFL Draft. Who is it and what team selected him?

25. Who is the only man to win the MVP of the Super Bowl and be on the losing team?

26. This player was in his rookie year and seemed to forget that in the NFL, if you catch the ball and are not touched, you cannot spike the ball, especially on the field of play. Which player, who was seemingly very proud of himself, spiked the ball that resulted in a lost fumble?

27. When a participant in a game commits two personal fouls, what is the penalty?

28. What was the name of the Las Vegas XFL franchise where Rod “He Hate Me” Smart played?

29. Who is the only wide-receiver drafted #1 overall in the 1990’s?

30. Junipero Sierra High School in San Mateo, California, produced two very high level NFL players. One is a Hall of Fame wide receiver who is also a Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor. The other is a QB with a 10-1 postseason record who graduated from Michigan in 2000. Name them.

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