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American Football Flashcards

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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

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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

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HOWARD COSELL

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

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DAN PATRICK

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

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LANCE ALWORTH

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

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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

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TONY ROMO

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

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HORSE-COLLAR TACKLE

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

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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.”)

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PEYTON MANNING

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

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AMOS ALONZO STAGG

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

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MICHAEL STRAHAN

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

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DAN MARINO

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“Explosive” long pass in football

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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”

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CORNERBACKS

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A “backwards” or sideways pass
Innovated by Amos Stagg

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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

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FLEA-FLICKER

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

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HAIL MARY (PASS)

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Chicago Bears defensive tackle 1985-93
“The Refrigerator”

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WILLIAM PERRY

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

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WALTER PAYTON

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

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DICK BUTKUS

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

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“NEON” DEION SANDERS

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Only person to play in both Super Bowl & World Series

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DEION SANDERS

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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)

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“BROADWAY” JOE NAMATH

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Pittsburgh Steelers QB 2004-2021
2006 SB win

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“BIG BEN” ROETHLISBERGER

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

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JOHNNY “U” UNITAS

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NFL penalty for a Personal Foul

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15 YARDS

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

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FACE MASK

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NFL penalty for hitting below the belt from behind

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CLIPPING

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There are penalties for “Roughing” these 2 players

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THE KICKER
THE PASSER

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NFL penalty for, basically, passing to nobody

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INTENTIONAL GROUNDING

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

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FALSE START

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

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BUTKUS AWARD

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

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EDDIE ROBINSON

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

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PAUL BROWN

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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)

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BRETT FAVRE

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NFL team in AFC North
Play at Paul Brown Stadium

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CINCINNATI BENGALS

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

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BRUINS

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

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SPECIAL TEAMS

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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

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HANG TIME

40
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Minneapolis venue where the Twins & Vikings played
Bore name of a vice president
Demolished in 2014
Replaced with U.S. Bank Stadium

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(HUBERT H. HUMPHREY) METRODOME

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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

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JIM THORPE

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Dallas Cowboys QB since 2016

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DAKOTA “DAK” PRESCOTT

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“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

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JERRY RICE

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Wide receiver
Bengals (1981-88)
Replaced Joel Madden on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” in 2009

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CRIS COLLINSWORTH

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

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GLENN “POP” WARNER

46
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February All-Star game
NFC vs. AFC
Held in Oahu’s Aloha Stadium from 1980-2016

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PRO BOWL

47
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Dolphins Quarterback
1983-1999
#13
Played for U. of Pitt

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DAN MARINO

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Raiders punter
1973 - 1986
Known for his hang time

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RAY GUY

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U. of Texas quarterback
2006 Rose Bowl win

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VINCE YOUNG

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

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ROOSEVELT “ROSEY” GRIER

51
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Texans defensive end
2011-2020

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JUSTIN JAMES “J. J.” WATT

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