Trivia Time
Test your knowledge of the game.....
1. A football field is 100 yards (360 feet) long and
_____ feet wide?
2. What do the "X" and "O" on the coaches diagrams represent?
3. The _____ Award is presented annually to the NCAA's "Most Outstanding Linebacker".
4. In Super Bowl IX, the Steelers vs the Vikings, who was named the MVP?
5. Who poured the first, of what is now the traditional, "Gatorade dunk" on the head coach in a Super Bowl?
a. Lawrence Taylor
b. Harry Carson
c. Hollywood Henderson
Mike Singletary
6. Who was the coach in the question above that was "dunked"?
a. Mike Ditka
b. Tom Landry
c. Bill Parsells
d. "Red" Miller
7. The first college football game to be televised was played between Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania on October 5th of what year?
8. Who is known as the father of American football? He was the first player to snap the ball from center, form a line of scrimmage, design plays and use numbers and words as a form of signal-calling.
9. What play did Amos Alonzo Stagg develop?
10. The Canadian Football League begins its season in June and plays until late November when it culminates with its version of the Super Bowl. What is the name of this tournament?
11. How many players are allowed on the field during an arena football game?
12. There are _____ laces on a football.