How much do you know about American football? (6)

QUESTIONS.
1. Which team won the Super Bowl in the year 2000?
2. Who was the New York Jets quarterback who led them to a famous victory
over the defending champions, the Baltimore Colts, in the 1969 Super Bowl?
3. Which team’s home ground is in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome?
4. Who was the star receiver for the San Francisco ‘49ers, making such effective
passing combinations with Joe Montana, and helping them to win the Super
Bowl in 1989 and 1990?
5. Who was the great running back who went from the University of Pittsburgh
to the Dallas Cowboys in 1979 and set an NFL record with a run of 99 yards
against Minnesota Vikings in 1983? He had a career rushing total of 12,739
yards.
6. Which team won the Super Bowl in both 1998 and 1999?
7. Who was the Cleveland Brown’s full back who led the NFL statistics for rushing
yards 8 times in a 9 year (1957 – 1966) career?
8. Which team has its home ground at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park?
9. Who was the head football coach at Yale University who, in 1889, in collaboration
with the editor Caspar W.Whitney, began honouring the best football
players by nominating them to an ‘All-American’ team?
10. Which team won the Super Bowl in 1993, 1994 and 1996?
11. Who was the Norwegian born player and coach at the University of Notre
Dame who revolutionised football strategy by the introduction of the forward
pass? He led Notre Dame to 3 National Collegiate Championships (1924, 29 and
30), winning 105 games, losing 12 and drawing 5.
12. Who was the running back for the Chicago Bears who retired in 1987, the
NFL’s career leader with 3,838 rushing attempts; 16,726 rushing yards and 110
rushing touchdowns? His nickname was ‘Sweetness’
13. Which team reached the Super Bowl four years in succession, 1991-92-93 and
94 , only to lose each time?
14. Which team plays its home games in the Riverfront Stadium?
15. Two teams have won the Super Bowl 5 times each. One is the San Francisco
‘49ers.What is the other?

ANSWERS.
1. St.Louis Rams. 2. Joe Namath. 3. Minnesota Vikings. 4. Jerry Rice. 5.Tony Dorsett. 6.
Denver Broncos. 7. Jim Brown. 8. Buffalo Bills. 9.Walter Chauncey Camp. 10. Dallas
Cowboys. 11. Knut Rockne. 12.Walter Jerry Paton. 13. Buffalo Bills. 14. Cincinnati
Bengals. 15. Dallas Cowboys.