Super Bowl

            Do you know anyone who went to the first Super Bowl? The answer is Don Lechman. I covered the Green Bay locker room and took notes on what Vince Lombardi had to say about the Packers’ 35-10 victory over Kansas City, Jan. 15, `1967. (It’s not my fault that none was used.) I don’t think he was surprised at the victory. Max McGee, who only caught four balls in 1966 for 91 yards, made off with seven receptions for 138 yards and one touchdown – after spending a night on the town because he was near the end of his career and didn’t expect to play.

            So what do you know about the Super Bowl? Not much? I have not missed one since then even if it is not my favorite athletic event. (I prefer the NBA finals, the World Series, the NCAA basketball finals and the two games that decides who goes to the Super Bowl.) However, since my brain swims in useless trivia, I have  a little quiz for you to enjoy for some pre-Super Bowl fun.

            1. Who has the most Super Bowl appearances and the most wins? How many?

            2. What quarterback is 4-0 in Super Bowl wins and has never thrown an interception in one of those games?

            3. What teams have lost the most Super Bowls?

            4. Who has won five Super Bowls?

             5. Who has the highest quarterback rating in Super Bowl history?

            6. What was the most lopsided win in Super Bowl history?

            7. What four teams have never appeared in a Super Bowl?

            8. What player has won MVP the most? How many? Who is second?

             9. What team has the most MVPs?

            10. W ho has the most Super Bowl rings?

            11. What coach has won the most Super Bowls?

            12.  Who passed for the most yards in one game?

            13. W ho has the most TD passes in one game?

            14. Who has the most rushing yards in one game?

            15. Who has most receiving yards for their career in four Super Bowls?

            16. Who has the most rushing attempts in one game?

            17. Who has the most interceptions in one game?

            18. Who has had the most sacks?

            19. Who has the most field goals?

            20.  Who kicked the longest field goal?

Answers:  1.  Pittsburgh – 8 appearances; 5 wins. 2.

            2. Joe Montana of San Francisco.

            3. Denver, Buffalo and Minnesota, 4 losses each.

            4. Dallas Cowboys.

            5. Joe Montana, 127.8.

            6. 1990: San Francisco, 55, Denver, 10.

            7. Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville and Houston.

            8. Joe Montana won three MVP awards. Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Tom Brady have each won 2.

            9. Dallas Cowboys have the most Super Bowl rings: 7.

            10.  Defensive end Charles Haley won five rings with San Francisco and Dallas.

            11. Chuck Noll won 4 with Pittsburgh.

            12. 414 yards by Kurt Warner for the St. Louis Rams in 1990.

            13. Steve Young, 6 for San Francisco in 1995.

 .          14. Timmy Smith, 204 yards, for Washington Redskins in 1988. (He only gained 470 yards the whole year!)

            15. Jerry Rice for San Francisco – 589.

            16. John Riggins, 36, for Washington Redskins in 1983.

            17. Rod Marin  of Oakland, 1981, had 3.

            18. Reggie White of Green Bay, 1997, and Darnell Dockett of Arizona Cardinals in 2009, 3 each.

            19. Don Chandler of Green Bay in 1968 and Ray Wershing of  San Francisco in 1982 each kicked 4.

            20. Steve Christie kicked a 54-yard  field goal for New England in 2004.

            Don Lechman is a former reporter, critic and editor for the Daily Breeze. He teaches writing at Harbor College in  Wilmington.