2020 NFL Season
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50 free 2020 NFL Season trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The 2020 NFL season was played under conditions no one had seen before. The draft was held online, the preseason vanished, stadiums sat empty or nearly so, and games were moved around the calendar as outbreaks hit locker rooms. Somehow every game on the schedule was still played. This quiz covers the whole 2020–21 campaign: the offseason moves that reshaped the league, the rookies who arrived in the draft, the rule and playoff changes, the award winners, the highest-scoring offenses, the players' own Top 100 list, the oddest games of the year and the postseason through Super Bowl LV. It is written for fans who watched every week and want to see what stuck, for quiz hosts building a football round, and for newer fans catching up on a season they missed. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still teaches you something.
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Q 01What did Tampa Bay's quarterback throw from boat to boat during the Super Bowl LV victory parade?
The Lombardi Trophy
The Lombardi Trophy flew across open water during the boat parade in Tampa and was caught by tight end Cameron Brate.
Q 02Which children's network aired its first NFL game in January 2021, a kid-friendly Saints–Bears playoff?
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon marked every touchdown with augmented-reality green slime cannons in the end zone, and Saints coach Sean Payton volunteered to be slimed after the win.
Q 03Which quarterback was named MVP of Super Bowl LV in his first season with a new team?
Tom Brady
Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes in the 31–9 win and took the award for a fifth time, the first player to win it with two different franchises.
Q 04What did the NFL sell to fans by the thousand to fill empty seats at Super Bowl LV?
Cardboard cutouts
Cardboard cutouts, 30,000 of them, sat among a crowd capped at 25,000, which included thousands of vaccinated health care workers invited by the league.
Q 05From where did Roger Goodell announce the early picks of the 2020 NFL Draft during the pandemic?
His own home
His own home in Bronxville, New York, served as the stage, while team coaches and general managers made their selections by videoconference.
Q 06Which NFL franchise dropped its nickname before the 2020 season and played as simply the Football Team?
Washington
Washington kept the placeholder name for two seasons after decades of controversy over its old one, then rebranded as the Commanders in 2022.
Q 07Which Canadian singer headlined the Super Bowl LV halftime show among dancers with bandaged faces?
The Weeknd
The Weeknd put $7 million of his own money into the production, and the halftime show attracted slightly more television viewers than the game itself.
Q 08The Raiders left Oakland in 2020 to play NFL home games at Allegiant Stadium in which city?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas welcomed the Raiders to a $1.9 billion indoor stadium beside the Strip, but no spectators were admitted to any of their home games in 2020.
Q 09With the 2021 Pro Bowl cancelled, which video game did NFL players use to stage a virtual version?
Madden NFL 21
Madden NFL 21 stood in for the real game, with teams of players, alumni and celebrity guests controlling the Pro Bowl rosters, and the NFC won 32–12.
Q 10Which quarterback signed a ten-year contract extension worth up to $503 million in July 2020?
Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes signed the deal five months after winning his first Super Bowl, and it ranked among the largest contracts in sports history.
Q 11Which poet recited an original poem before Super Bowl LV, weeks after reading at a presidential inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman became the first poet to perform at a Super Bowl, with a piece honoring the three essential workers chosen as honorary captains for the coin toss.
Q 12Which quarterback threw 48 touchdown passes in 2020 to win his third NFL Most Valuable Player award?
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers threw only five interceptions all season and collected 44 of the 50 votes for the award.
Q 13Which Heisman-winning LSU quarterback did the Cincinnati Bengals select first overall in the 2020 NFL Draft?
Joe Burrow
Q 21Why did the NFL fine Raiders coach Jon Gruden $100,000 after a Week 2 game in September 2020?
Not wearing a face mask
Not wearing a face mask properly on the sideline broke the pandemic rules for coaches, and further protocol violations cost him another $150,000 that November.
Q 22A COVID-19 outbreak delayed the Ravens' Thanksgiving 2020 game three times until it was played on which day?
Wednesday
Wednesday afternoon, December 2, was the fourth date set for the game, which had already been moved from Thursday to Sunday and then to Tuesday.
Q 23Which Inglewood venue opened in 2020 as the shared home of the NFL's Rams and Chargers?
SoFi Stadium
Joe Burrow was the third straight Heisman-winning quarterback taken first overall, following Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray.
Q 14Which running back rushed for 2,027 yards in 2020, becoming the eighth NFL player to top 2,000?
Derrick Henry
Derrick Henry had already rushed for 2,000 yards in a season in both high school and college before doing it as a professional.
Q 15Which team ended the NFL's longest active playoff drought in 2020, its first postseason trip since 2002?
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns fans then watched a 48–37 wild card victory, the franchise's first road playoff win since 1969.
Q 16Which Dallas Cowboys quarterback's 2020 season ended in Week 5 with a compound fracture of his right ankle?
Dak Prescott
Dak Prescott was carted off the field against the New York Giants and had surgery the same night, yet Dallas still won the game 37–34.
Q 17Which New Orleans Saints quarterback played his final NFL game in January 2021, a playoff loss to Tampa Bay?
Drew Brees
Drew Brees announced his retirement on March 14, 2021, exactly 15 years to the day after he signed his first contract with New Orleans.
Q 18Which former NFL MVP signed a one-year deal with New England in July 2020 to take over at quarterback?
Cam Newton
Cam Newton spent more than three months unsigned after Carolina released him, and New England went on to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
Q 19Which coach of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' perfect NFL season died in May 2020 at the age of 90?
Don Shula
Don Shula's 1972 team finished 17–0, sealing the NFL's first perfect season with a 14–7 win in Super Bowl VII.
Q 20Which down judge, hired in 2015 as the NFL's first full-time female official, worked Super Bowl LV?
Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas became the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl, having earlier been the first to officiate a major college football game and a bowl game.
SoFi Stadium became only the fourth venue since the 1970 merger to be the regular home of two NFL teams; the other three were all shared by the Jets and Giants.
Q 24Which NFL team played its final three 2020 home games in Arizona after its home county banned contact sports?
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers home games moved to State Farm Stadium in Glendale after Santa Clara County suspended contact sports during a local rise in COVID-19 cases.
Q 25Which NFL team had to start a practice-squad wide receiver at quarterback against New Orleans in November 2020?
Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos receiver Kendall Hinton completed one of nine passes for 13 yards and threw two interceptions in a blowout loss.
Q 26Which team won the AFC East in 2020 for the first time since 1995?
Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills players clinched the division with a 48–19 win in Week 15, then beat Indianapolis for the franchise's first playoff victory in 25 years.
Q 27Which division was won in 2020 by a 7–9 team, the third losing champion of a full NFL season?
NFC East
The NFC East winner was only the third division champion with a losing record in a full season, after the 2010 Seattle Seahawks and 2014 Carolina Panthers.
Q 28Which team won its first 11 games of the 2020 NFL season, then lost four of its last five?
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers players made the best start in franchise history, then joined the 1969 Los Angeles Rams as the only 11–0 teams to lose their next three games.
Q 29Which team won its 2020 opener, then lost its other 15 games to earn the first pick of the 2021 NFL Draft?
Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars losses made them the fourth team to win an opener and drop every other game, and brought the top pick for the first time in franchise history.
Q 30Which team's offense led the NFL with 509 points in 2020 but lost the NFC Championship Game at home?
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers players held the NFC's top seed and beat the Rams 32–18, then fell 31–26 to Tampa Bay one game short of the Super Bowl.