Ultimate NFL Quiz - Tackles and Touchdowns

NFL stands for National Football League, which includes the 32 teams of the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC).

The American Professional Football Association changed its name to the National Football League on June 24, 1922. At the time, the NFL included 18 teams.

Jim Brown holds the record lead the NFL in all-purpose yards for five seasons: 1958–61 and 1964. He also led the league in rushing a record eight times.

Vince Lombardi died of cancer on Sept. 3, 1970. The Super Bowl trophy was renamed in his honor seven days later.

The first playoff game was held indoors at Chicago Stadium in 1932 between the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans, who finished the season in the first-ever tie for first place. The game was moved from Wrigley Field to Chicago Stadium because of the weather.

The Steelers are the only NFL team with its logo on only one side of the helmet. At first it was temporary, but because it generated so much interest, the team left it that way permanently.

With 18,355 yards (16,784 meters) gained as a running back for the Dallas Cowboys (1990-2002) and Arizona Cardinals (2003-04), Emmitt Smith is the current record holder for most yards gained in a career.

Just four Heisman Trophy winners have been named MVP of the Super Bowl: Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen and Desmond Howard.

Running back Marcus Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes with the Los Angeles Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997. He scored 145 touchdowns and was chosen for six NFL Pro Bowls.

The late Junior Seau, who was also known for his charity work through the Junior Seau Foundation, was elected posthumously. Running back Jerome Bettis was elected for racking up the sixth-most rushing yards in NFL history. Michael Strahan was elected in 2014.

The late Walter Payton rushed for 16,276 total yards during his career with the Chicago Bears, including 110 rushing touchdowns.

Janet Jackson's now-infamous wardrobe malfunction cost CBS big bucks, and the fallout continued for several following Super Bowl halftime shows.

When the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, the Patriots were moved to the AFC East. The following year, the team relocated to its new stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and changed its name to the New England Patriots.

In 1973, O.J. Simpson became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in one season.

When the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in the 1995 Super Bowl at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, the 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowls.

President George W. Bush helped kick off the 2001 season via satellite from the White House when he tossed the coin for the 10 regular-season games that started on Sept. 9, 2001.

With 208 career touchdowns, Jerry Rice is the current record holder.

The field goal changed from five points to four in 1904 then to three points in 1909.

Brett Favre completed 5,377 passes during his career with the Atlanta Falcons (1991) and Green Bay Packers (1992-2007).

Roger Staubach, aka “Captain America,” served in Vietnam before becoming a 27-year-old rookie with the Dallas Cowboys in 1969. He eventually led Dallas to four NFC championships and two Super Bowl wins.

Dan Marino threw 48 touchdown passes in 1984 (surpassing the previous record by 12) and was the first quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards in a season.

Don Shula has been the coach at six Super Bowls: the 1969, 1972-73, 1978 and 1985 Super Bowls.

No, it has never happened.

In the 1994 Super Bowl, Steve Christie of the Buffalo Bills kicked a 54-yard field goal against the Dallas Cowboys.

Jerry Rice and Brett Favre are the only non-kickers to play in more than 300 games.

Steve Young played 15 seasons in the NFL.

The only 0-4 team that has ever made the playoffs is the San Diego Chargers. They finished the 1992 season with an 11-5 record.

According to Nielsen ratings, the 2014 Super Bowl halftime show, headlined by Bruno Mars, garnered 115.3 million viewers.

NFL Network launched on Nov. 4, 2003, just eight months after the owners of the League's 32 teams voted unanimously to approve its formation.

The Green Bay Packers of the NFL beat the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL in the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, aka the first Super Bowl. It wasn't actually called the "Super Bowl" until 1969.