Football Oddities Trivia

[Ghoolie]

52 minutes ago, The Gipper said:

Ghoolie got  Sayers,  Baugh, and Ravens correct....but those were answers already given.

I got the 2 teams re numbers as well.

[The Gipper]

2 hours ago, Zombo said:

Yes, here they are:

6. Besides the Cowboys, what is the only other team that does not retire uniform numbers

Raiders?  Check on Raiders

11. Which NFL coach was mentioned in a song (rap) by Eminem about cussing at his players?

Parcels?  No....the guy in question is a real favorite of yours.  Right.

12. What is the only family to have had 4 brothers play in the NFL?

Probably old-timers, but I'll guess Matthews  No....but also, not so old that you should not remember them. (late 70s  80s era)

 

14. Who is the only QB in NFL history to have started multiple (2 or more) playoff games who never had a loss?

Drawing a blank in the Super Bowl era unless it is somebody that started playoffs games for an injured starter then the starter came back for the super bowl ... Like a Earl Morrell, Frank Reich or Don Strock or something ... if it is previous to Super Bowl era I have no clue

Somebody like what you say is correct. But, we know that  Earl Morrall started and lost Super Bowl 3; and that Strock started and lost a playoff game for the Browns in 1988 (to the Oilers).

So...who does that leave?

 

15. Name the only 2 teams in history to have had a 12-4 season one year, and then be 2-14 the next year.

Houston Texans with Kubiak and Schwabb would be one ...  That one is correct.

 

[The Gipper]

2 hours ago, Ghoolie said:

I got the 2 teams re numbers as well.

Yes, you did.

[The Gipper]

Answers:

1. Who are the only 2 Lefthanded QBs in the HOF?

Steve Young and Ken Stabler

 

2. The longest NFL playoff  win drought in NFL history is  51 years.   Which team went that long between postseason wins?

The Cardinals...between Chicago, St. Louis, and Arizona....from 1947 to 1998

 

3. Who is the youngest person ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Gale Sayers.....short but fabulous career meant he got put by his mid 30s.

 

4. What player once led the NFL in Passing, Punting, and Interceptions (as a defender)  in the same season? Hint...obviously, think old timer.

Sammy Baugh

 

5. Which Super Bowl Championship team  went 5 consecutive games during the regular season without scoring a touchdown?

2000 Baltimore Ravens.  I think they won 4 of the 5 games that they did not score a TD in.   Their offense got better when Trent Dilfer replaced Tony Banks

 

6. Which 2 NFL teams have a policy  of never retiring uniform numbers?

Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders.

 

7. What is the only team to ever start they year  0-4 but still make the playoffs?

1992 San Diego Chargers  

 

8. Who holds the  NFL record for longest  fumble return for a TD...104 yards?  Hint: Ohio Stater.

Jack Tatum

 

9. Two QBs hold the NFL record for starting the most playoff games in NFL history without winning a game.  They were  0-4.   Name them.  Hint: one pre Super Bowl, one post Super Bowl.

Y.A. Tittle of the Giants, late 50s early 60s.    Andy Dalton of The Bangles, current day.

 

10. What team had 16 different head coaches in a 35 year period.   In other words, a new coach ever 2.2 years.  (hint, not the Browns)

The Pittsburgh Steelers had 16 HCs from 1933-1968.   They have had only 3 in the last 49 years.

 

11. Which NFL coach (now retired) was once mentioned in a rap song by Eminem for cussing at his players?

Marty Schottemheimer

 

12. What is the name of the only family to have had  4 brothers play in the NFL ?  (not sure if they were all in at the same time).  Hint: Ohio roots

The Browner family....from Warren, Ohio.   Ross, Joey,  Jim, Keith

 

13. Which is the NFL team that has been in the league since the 1970 merger that has won only 1 playoff game in that time?

The Detroit Lions

 

14. Who is the ONLY QB in NFL history to have started multiple playoff games (2 or more).....to have gone undefeated in those games?  Hint: it is not Nick Foles.

Frank Reich.......better known as Captain Comeback.   He won two games as a sub for Jim Kelly with the Bills. Recall that at one time he was the QB for both the D-1 college team and the NFL team that made the biggest comebacks in history.   I think he still may hold the NFL record. One of the games he won (he was 2-0 all time in postseason), was that greatest comeback game...vs. Oilers.

 

15. Only 2 teams in history  went from being 12-4 one year.....to 2-14 the next year.  Name the teams.

1993 Houston Oilers  12-4  1994 Houston Oilers  2-14  (and then they moved  3 years later)

2012 Houston Texans  12-4  2013 Houston Texans  2-14.    They have not moved....yet.