NFL Records & Firsts Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

This receiver gained 215 yards in a Super Bowl, the single-game record, catching 11 passes and setting up the winning score in the final two minutes to earn MVP honors. Which player holds it?

Question 2

This fullback led the NFL in rushing a record eight times in a nine-year career, missing the title only once. He never gained fewer than 1,000 yards in a full season, and he walked away at age 30 to become a movie actor while still the game's most feared runner. Which player led the league in rushing the most times?

Question 3

This free safety intercepted 81 passes over a 16-year career, still the record more than 40 years after he retired. A converted college running back, he played in four Super Bowls with one franchise and reached the Hall of Fame in 1998. Which player holds the career interceptions record?

Question 4

At Super Bowl XXII in January 1988 this quarterback threw four touchdown passes in a single quarter and was named MVP, becoming the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl. He had opened that season as a backup and briefly left the game with a knee injury. Which player is this?

Question 5

This player appeared in 352 consecutive games, the most of any player in NFL history, over a 22-year career spent entirely at one position and never missing a game for any of his five teams. The record for consecutive starts by a non-kicker is far lower. Which player holds the games-played streak?

Question 6

This running back scored a record 164 rushing touchdowns and 175 total, leading the league in rushing four times. He also holds the record for career rushing first downs, and reached the end zone on the ground in a record number of different games before a brief finish in Arizona. Which player holds the career rushing-touchdowns record?

Question 7

This team won 21 straight games, including playoffs, across the 2003 and 2004 seasons, the longest such streak in NFL history, a run that included a Super Bowl title. A different team holds the regular-season-only record. Which team is it?

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About NFL Records & Firsts

The NFL has kept records since the 1930s, and the biggest ones tell the story of the modern game. On the career lists, Tom Brady sits alone in passing yards and touchdowns, Emmitt Smith in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, and Jerry Rice so far ahead in receptions, receiving yards and total touchdowns that the gaps may never close. Bruce Smith has the most sacks since that stat became official in 1982, Paul Krause the most interceptions, and Adam Vinatieri the most points and field goals of anyone who has played.

Single seasons produce their own legends. Peyton Manning threw for 5,477 yards and 55 touchdowns in 2013, Eric Dickerson ran for 2,105 yards in 1984, Calvin Johnson gained 1,964 receiving yards for a 4-12 team in 2012, and LaDainian Tomlinson scored 31 touchdowns and 186 points in 2006. Michael Strahan's 22.5 sacks in 2001 and Michael Thomas's 149 catches in 2019 still top their categories.

Some of the oldest records are the hardest to break. Ernie Nevers scored 40 points in a single game in 1929, Norm Van Brocklin threw for 554 yards in one afternoon in 1951, and Dick "Night Train" Lane intercepted 14 passes as a rookie in 1952. A 99-yard run and a seven-touchdown passing game can be tied but never beaten, and Justin Tucker's 66-yard field goal in 2021 set a new limit for the leg.

Streaks measure a different kind of greatness: Brett Favre's 297 straight starts, Drew Brees's 54 straight games with a touchdown pass, the Colts' 23 consecutive regular-season wins, and the 1972 Dolphins' perfect 17-0 season, still the only one.

The firsts matter just as much. Green Bay won the first Super Bowl in January 1967. The 1958 NFL Championship was the first playoff game to go to overtime and helped make pro football a television giant. Kenny Washington re-integrated the league in 1946, Doug Williams became the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl in 1988, Tony Dungy the first Black head coach to win one in 2007, and Sarah Thomas the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl in 2021. This quiz runs through 78 of the numbers and milestones fans argue about: read the clue, name the record holder or team, and get the full story after each answer.