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FOOTBALL TRIVIA II

11) Which player holds the NFL record for longest interception return?


Baltimore safety Ed Reed not only holds the record for the longest interception return (107 yards in 2008), but also the second longest interception return (106 yards in 2004).

12) What team won the first night football game ever played?


Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack, and the Philadelphia Phillies formed professional football teams in 1902, joining the Pittsburgh Stars in the first attempt at a pro football league, named the National Football League. The Athletics won the first night football game ever played, 39-0 over the Kanaweola Athletic Club at Elmira, New York, November 21, 1902.

13) What player led the NFL with 27 rushing touchdowns in 2003?


In 2003, Priest Holmes played a vital role in the Kansas City Chiefs 9-0 start and franchise best 13-3 season as he set a new NFL record with 27 touchdowns.

14) How many games made up the NFL regular season schedule in 1982?


The 1982 NFL season was reduced from a 16-game schedule to a 9-game schedule as the result of a 57 day players' strike.

15) Who was the first professional quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards in a season?


Moon became the first professional QB to pass for 5,000 yards in a season by reaching exactly 5,000 yards in 1982 while playing for the Edmonton Eskimos. In his final CFL season (1983), Moon threw for a league record 5,648 yards and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award.

16) What NFL team scored the most points in a single Super Bowl?


When the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV (1990), they set a number of records. Their 55 points remains the most ever scored by a team in a Super Bowl and the 45 point winning margin is the most lopsided Super Bowl victory of all time.

17) Who was the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl?


Long saddled with a reputation as a coach who couldn't win the big one, Tony Dungy shook that label when his Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI.

18) Which NFL team has played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games?


The Seattle Seahawks have won the NFC Championship Game three times (2005, 2013 and 2014) and lost the AFC Championship Game once (1983).

19) How many times has Drew Brees passed for over 5,000 yards in a season?


He has passed for over 5,000 yards in a season five times--no other NFL quarterback has done so more than once.

20) Which running back set an NFL record with 40 points in a single game?


On Thanksgiving Day 1929, superstar running back Ernie Nevers scored all 40 points in the Cardinals' 40-6 victory over the Chicago Bears -- an NFL record that still stands today.

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