🏈 College Football Trivia Questions

Which player won the first-ever Heisman Trophy in 1935, then playing for the University of Chicago?

• Jay Berwanger
• Tom Harmon
• Davey O'Brien
• Clint Frank

Which Ohio State running back is the only player ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice, in 1974 and 1975?

• Archie Griffin
• Eddie George
• Troy Smith
• Les Horvath

In 1869, the first college football game ever played pitted Rutgers against which other school?

• Princeton
• Yale
• Harvard
• Columbia

The Heisman Trophy was created in 1935 by which New York City athletic club, which awarded it until 2002?

• The Downtown Athletic Club
• The National Football Foundation
• The College Football Hall of Fame
• The Football Writers Association

Nicknamed 'The Big House,' which stadium is the largest football stadium in the United States, with a capacity over 107,000?

• Michigan Stadium
• Beaver Stadium
• Ohio Stadium
• Kyle Field

What is the nickname of the annual Alabama vs. Auburn football rivalry game?

• The Iron Bowl
• The Egg Bowl
• The Battle Line Rivalry
• The War Eagle Classic

What is the annual Ohio State vs. Michigan football rivalry game commonly known as?

• The Game
• The Big House Bowl
• The Buckeye Bowl
• The Border War

Nicknamed 'The Granddaddy of Them All,' which is the oldest college football bowl game still played today?

• The Rose Bowl
• The Sugar Bowl
• The Orange Bowl
• The Cotton Bowl

Which storied rivalry game is traditionally played in Philadelphia between two U.S. service academies?

• The Army-Navy Game
• The Air Force-Army Game
• The Navy-Air Force Game
• The Commander-in-Chief's Classic

Which Wisconsin running back won the 1999 Heisman Trophy and held the NCAA FBS career rushing record until 2016?

• Ron Dayne
• Ricky Williams
• Tony Dorsett
• Herschel Walker

Which 1988 Heisman Trophy winner set the single-season NCAA rushing record while playing for Oklahoma State?

• Barry Sanders
• Emmitt Smith
• Marcus Allen
• Herschel Walker

Which Florida quarterback became the first sophomore ever to win the Heisman Trophy, in 2007?

• Tim Tebow
• Cam Newton
• Johnny Manziel
• Danny Wuerffel

Which team won the first-ever College Football Playoff national championship, following the 2014 season?

• Ohio State
• Oregon
• Alabama
• Florida State

Coached by Bud Wilkinson, which program holds the record for the longest winning streak in major college football history, 47 games from 1953-1957?

• Oklahoma
• Miami (FL)
• USC
• Nebraska

The stiff-arm pose on the Heisman Trophy statue was modeled on which real college football player, an NYU standout who posed for the sculptor?

• Ed Smith
• Jim Thorpe
• Red Grange
• Bronko Nagurski

Between 2006 and 2012, teams from which conference won seven consecutive BCS national championships?

• The SEC
• The Big Ten
• The Big 12
• The ACC

Which storied program has traditionally remained a football 'independent,' with no conference affiliation for the sport?

• Notre Dame
• Penn State
• Miami (FL)
• Boston College

At Texas A&M, which tradition has the entire student body stand for the whole game, ready to play if ever called upon?

• The 12th Man
• The Aggie Corps
• Gig 'Em Nation
• The Maroon Wall

Which head coach won the most career national championships in modern college football history, with titles at both LSU and Alabama?

• Nick Saban
• Bear Bryant
• Urban Meyer
• Pete Carroll

Which annual award honors the top running back in college football?

• The Doak Walker Award
• The Davey O'Brien Award
• The Jim Thorpe Award
• The Outland Trophy