American Football Flashcards by Daniel P

QUARTERBACK
U of Michigan Wolverine
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2000-2019)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020- )
Most Super Bowl rings/wins of any player with 7
Most Super Bowl MVPs with 5
First to win Super Bowl MVP with 2 different teams
Married to Brazilian model GISELE BUNDCHEN

TOM BRADY

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Ne Cohen
Original host of “Monday Night Football”
Lawyer
Wrote “I Never Played the Game” (1986)
Famously said “Down goes Frazier!” (3 times) during the “Sunshine Showdown” against Foreman

HOWARD COSELL

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Host of Sports Jeopardy!
With ESPN from 1999-2007
Had a self-titled “Show”
Appeared on SportsCenter

DAN PATRICK

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“Bambi”
San Diego Charger (1960s)
Dallas Cowboy
Arkansas Razorback in college

LANCE ALWORTH

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Oakland Raiders coach (1970s)
Commentator, retired in 2009
EA video game series

JOHN MADDEN

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Cowboys QB (2003-16)
Eastern Illinois (college)
CBS analyst
Broke up with Carrie Underwood in 2007 & Jessica Simpson in 2009

TONY ROMO

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Move banned from NFL in 2005
Involves tackling by yanking a player’s jersey collar or shoulder pads

HORSE-COLLAR TACKLE

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Quarterback
Clemson U. Tigers (2018-20)
Jacksonville Jaguars (2021-

TREVOR LAWRENCE

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Quarterback
U. of Tennessee (1994-97)
14 seasons with Indianapolis Colts (1998-2011)
4 with Broncos (2012-15)
“The Sheriff” - known for calling audibles, especially with the word “Omaha!”
Appeared in Nationwide ads (“Chicken parm, you taste so good.”)

PEYTON MANNING

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College football coach
U. of Chicago
Lived to be 102
Innovations include lateral pass & training dummy

AMOS ALONZO STAGG

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NY Giants (exclusively) 1993-2007
Defensive end
A record 22.5 sacks in 1 season

MICHAEL STRAHAN

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Miami Dolphins (exclusively) 1983-99
Quarterback, #13
College: Pitt

DAN MARINO

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“Explosive” long pass in football

BOMB

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Football position
Played by Deion Sanders
Usually 2, who (along with 2 safeties) make up the “secondary” or “defensive back”

CORNERBACKS

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A “backwards” or sideways pass
Innovated by Amos Stagg

LATERAL

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“Buggy” football trick play
QB hands off or laterals to RB. Running towards scrim. line, RB laterals back to QB
QB passes to a receiver

FLEA-FLICKER

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Long, difficult & desperate last-minute pass
Popularized by R. Staubach in 1975
Doug Flutie threw one in 1984

HAIL MARY (PASS)

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Chicago Bears defensive tackle 1985-93
“The Refrigerator”

WILLIAM PERRY

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Chicago Bears (exclusively) running back
1975-87
“Sweetness”

WALTER PAYTON

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Chicago Bears (exclusively) 1965-73
Linebacker
#51
Award given to linebackers at all levels

DICK BUTKUS

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Cornerback
1995 SB win, SF 49ers
1996 SB win, Dallas Cowboys
Cornerback
“Prime Time”

“NEON” DEION SANDERS

Only person to play in both Super Bowl & World Series

DEION SANDERS

NY Jets QB 1965-76
Won Super Bowl III 1969 & MVP after having said beforehand about their win, “I guarantee it.”
Spent a season with Rams 1977
On Nixon’s “enemies list” for some reason (& mislisted as a NY Giant)

“BROADWAY” JOE NAMATH

Pittsburgh Steelers QB 2004-2021
2006 SB win

“BIG BEN” ROETHLISBERGER

Baltimore Colts 1956-72 (though drafted by Steelers in '55) Last season with the SD Chargers 1973 "Golden Arm"

JOHNNY "U" UNITAS

NFL penalty for a Personal Foul

15 YARDS

Pulling or twisting this piece of equipment used to get you a 5 yard penalty; now it's 15, like a typical foul

FACE MASK

NFL penalty for hitting below the belt from behind

CLIPPING

There are penalties for "Roughing" these 2 players

THE KICKER THE PASSER

NFL penalty for, basically, passing to nobody

INTENTIONAL GROUNDING

In NFL, moving before the snap (which gets you a 5 yard penalty) In running, it means jumping the gun

FALSE START

Award given to linebackers at High School, College, & Pro levels

BUTKUS AWARD

Football coach for Grambling U. in Louisiana (1941-97) Now has a stadium named for him

EDDIE ROBINSON

Co-founder & coach of Cleveland (1946-62) (team named for him) Co-founder & coach of Cincinnati Bengals (1968-75) (stadium named for him)

PAUL BROWN

NFL QB (1991-2010) Green Bay Packers 1992-2007, including 1 Superbowl win (XXXI) 1997 Also Falcons, Jets, ended with Vikings #4 Started 297 consecutive games Career interceptions record - 336 "There's Something About Mary" (1998)

BRETT FAVRE

NFL team in AFC North Play at Paul Brown Stadium

CINCINNATI BENGALS

Team name/mascot of UCLA Also shared with a Boston pro team

BRUINS

Football division separate from offense & defense On the field for kicking plays

SPECIAL TEAMS

Football stat Refers to the seconds in air for the ball after a punt/kickoff Ray Guy was renowned for it In basketball, instead refers to the player

HANG TIME

Minneapolis venue where the Twins & Vikings played Bore name of a vice president Demolished in 2014 Replaced with U.S. Bank Stadium

(HUBERT H. HUMPHREY) METRODOME

Sac & Fox Indian athlete At Stockholm 2012 won gold in pentathlon & decathlon Gustav V called him "greatest athlete in the world" Pro baseballer (which called his Olympic gold into question) President of the early NFL Namesake of Mauch Chunk, PA since 1954

JIM THORPE

Dallas Cowboys QB since 2016

DAKOTA "DAK" PRESCOTT

"World" Wide receiver Records for career receiving yards (>22,000) and receiving TDs (197) SF 49er (1985-2000) with SB wins in '89 (MVP), '90, & '95

JERRY RICE

Wide receiver Bengals (1981-88) Replaced Joel Madden on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" in 2009

CRIS COLLINSWORTH

Football coach Played at Cornell, nicknamed for being older Coached at many schools Coached Jim Thorpe Namesake of a "Little Scholars" youth football program

GLENN "POP" WARNER

February All-Star game NFC vs. AFC Held in Oahu's Aloha Stadium from 1980-2016

PRO BOWL

Dolphins Quarterback 1983-1999 #13 Played for U. of Pitt

DAN MARINO

Raiders punter 1973 - 1986 Known for his hang time

RAY GUY

U. of Texas quarterback 2006 Rose Bowl win

VINCE YOUNG

Giants/Rams defensive tackle 1955-1966 Bodyguard of Bobby Kennedy in 1968

ROOSEVELT "ROSEY" GRIER

Texans defensive end 2011-2020

JUSTIN JAMES "J. J." WATT