Trivia Time Answers
1. A football field is 100 yards (360 feet) long and 160 feet wide.
2. On the coaches diagrams the "X" represents the denfense and the "O" represents the offense.
3. The Butkus Award is presented annually to the NCAA's "Most Outstanding Linebacker".
4. The MVP for Super Bowl IX was Franco Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
5. Harry Carson (b) was the first player to execute the "Gatorade dunk".
6. Bill Parsells (c) was the first coach to be "dunked".
7. The first college football game to be televised occurred in 1940.
8. The father of American football is Walter Camp, a player and coach at Yale.
9. Amos Alonzo Stagg is credited with developing the "Statue of Liberty" play. In this play, the halfback takes the ball from the quarterback who has his hands raised as though he intends to make a forward pass.
10. The Canadian Football League culminates with the Grey Cup, their equivalent to the Super Bowl.
11. There are eight players on the field during an arena football game-six of these players are required to play both offense and defense.
12. There are eight (8) laces on a football.