super-bowl Trivia Quiz # 6

Buffalo fans have long maintained that if Norwood had a second chance, he'd have made the kick. Statistically, they are probably right. But he missed the one chance he had, and will probably be remembered longer for his miss than if he'd made it.

At dinner in Ft. Lauderdale a week before the game, Namath and his Jets roommate Jim Hudson were approached by two Colts players. Colt defensive end and kicker Lou Michaels grew more and more angry with Namath, who kept talking about how the Jets would beat the Colts. Michaels finally asked Namath in frustration what he'd do if the Colts won. Namath replied, "I'll sit right down in the middle of the field and I'll cry." The tension broken, Namath invited the Colts to join them for dinner, paid for the meal, and gave them a ride back to their hotel.

Dexter Jackson signed a 5 year contract with the Cardinals.

Dorsett, of the Cowboys, was never awarded a Super Bowl MVP. The three others were all Super Bowl MVP's: Davis 1997 (Broncos), Otis Anderson 1990 (Giants), and Emmitt Smith 1993 (Cowboys).

All these teams had 0-4 Super Bowl records at one time. The Minnesota Vikings lost SB IV to the Kansas City Chiefs 23-7, SB VIII to the Miami Dolphins 24-7, SB IX to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-6, and SB XI to the Oakland Raiders 32-14. The Buffalo Bills have the dubious distinction of losing 4 straight Super Bowls: 20-19 to the New York Giants in SB XXV, 37-24 to the Washington Redskins in SB XXVI, 52-17 to the Dallas Cowboys in SB XVII, and 30-13 to the Dallas Cowboys again in SB XXVIII. The Broncos lost SB XII to the Dallas Cowboys 27-10 and reappeared 9 years later in a 39-20 loss to the New York Giants in SB XXI. They returned the following year to lose SB XXII to the Washington Redskins 42-10 and then two years later, lost to the San Francisco 49ers 55-10 in SB XXIV. The Broncos did win SB XXXII over the Green Bay Packers 31-24 and SB XXXIII over the Atlanta Falcons 31-19 however, to erase some of the memories of the earlier defeats.

20-19 after a long field goal was missed.

In 1967, Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers crushed them 35 to 10.

The Baltimore Colts had moved Indianapolis by then.

The others were Cincinnati Bengal running backs in the season. Christensen caught 92 passes for 1247 yards and 12 touchdowns, mostly from the arm of quarterback Jim Plunkett. The Raiders embarrassed the Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII, 38-9.

The Raiders lost their first Super Bowl against the Packers. They then won thier next three Super Bowls against the Vikings, the Eagles and the Redskins. They lost their fifth Super Bowl game in a blow out to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.