American Football Flashcards
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
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
Host of Sports Jeopardy!
With ESPN from 1999-2007
Had a self-titled “Show”
Appeared on SportsCenter
DAN PATRICK
“Bambi”
San Diego Charger (1960s)
Dallas Cowboy
Arkansas Razorback in college
LANCE ALWORTH
Oakland Raiders coach (1970s)
Commentator, retired in 2009
EA video game series
JOHN MADDEN
Cowboys QB (2003-16)
Eastern Illinois (college)
CBS analyst
Broke up with Carrie Underwood in 2007 & Jessica Simpson in 2009
TONY ROMO
Move banned from NFL in 2005
Involves tackling by yanking a player’s jersey collar or shoulder pads
HORSE-COLLAR TACKLE
Quarterback
Clemson U. Tigers (2018-20)
Jacksonville Jaguars (2021-
TREVOR LAWRENCE
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
College football coach
U. of Chicago
Lived to be 102
Innovations include lateral pass & training dummy
AMOS ALONZO STAGG
NY Giants (exclusively) 1993-2007
Defensive end
A record 22.5 sacks in 1 season
MICHAEL STRAHAN
Miami Dolphins (exclusively) 1983-99
Quarterback, #13
College: Pitt
DAN MARINO
“Explosive” long pass in football
BOMB
Football position
Played by Deion Sanders
Usually 2, who (along with 2 safeties) make up the “secondary” or “defensive back”
CORNERBACKS
A “backwards” or sideways pass
Innovated by Amos Stagg
LATERAL
“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
Long, difficult & desperate last-minute pass
Popularized by R. Staubach in 1975
Doug Flutie threw one in 1984
HAIL MARY (PASS)
Chicago Bears defensive tackle 1985-93
“The Refrigerator”
WILLIAM PERRY
Chicago Bears (exclusively) running back
1975-87
“Sweetness”
WALTER PAYTON
Chicago Bears (exclusively) 1965-73
Linebacker
#51
Award given to linebackers at all levels
DICK BUTKUS
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
