60 free 2022 NFL Season trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The 2022 NFL season began with the Bills beating the champion Rams on opening night and ended with the Chiefs edging the Eagles 38-35 in Glendale after a late holding call and a Harrison Butker field goal. This NFL trivia 2022 quiz covers the whole year: the offseason trade frenzy that sent Russell Wilson, Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill and A. J. Brown to new teams, Tom Brady's 40-day retirement, the Deshaun Watson suspension, the first regular-season game in Germany, and the Christmas tripleheader. There are questions on the records that fell (Justin Fields' 178 rushing yards, the Vikings' 33-point comeback, Ryan Stonehouse's punting average, Mahomes' 5,608 total yards), on the awards handed out at NFL Honors, on Damar Hamlin's collapse and the game the league canceled, and on Super Bowl LVII itself: the Kelce brothers, Rihanna, the Tush Push, the Corn Dog plays and the longest punt return in Super Bowl history. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the 2022 season and Super Bowl LVII, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01What was the final score of Super Bowl LVII between Kansas City and Philadelphia?
38–35
The 73 combined points made it the third-highest-scoring Super Bowl, and the Eagles' 35 were the most ever by a losing team.
Q 02Super Bowl LVII was played at which venue?
State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
It was the third Super Bowl at the venue, which had hosted XLII and XLIX under the name University of Phoenix Stadium.
Q 03Who was named regular-season MVP for 2022 after leading the league in passing yards and touchdowns?
Patrick Mahomes
He threw for 5,250 yards and 41 scores, then completed 21 of 27 passes in the Super Bowl to add the game's MVP award as well.
Q 04Which singer headlined the Super Bowl LVII halftime show, her first live show in over five years?
Rihanna
Dressed in red, she performed portions of twelve songs, and the show peaked at 121 million viewers.
Q 05Which kicker's late field goal won Super Bowl LVII for Kansas City?
Harrison Butker
The kick was set up by a defensive holding call on Eagles cornerback James Bradberry, who later said the flag was fair.
Q 06Super Bowl LVII was nicknamed after which surname because two brothers faced each other in it?
Kelce
The Chiefs' tight end and the Eagles' center became the first brothers to play against each other in a Super Bowl.
Q 07Which Eagles quarterback tied the Super Bowl record with three rushing touchdowns in the loss?
Jalen Hurts
He also set the record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a Super Bowl with 66, then broke it himself two years later.
Q 08What is the Eagles' signature quarterback sneak, used to score twice in the Super Bowl, called?
The Tush Push
The play opened the scoring on a 1-yard run and remained a league-wide talking point for years.
Q 09The Chiefs' two fourth-quarter touchdown passes came on misdirection plays known by what food-themed name?
Corn Dogs
The two scores came less than three minutes apart and used shifts and motion to fool the defense.
Q 10Whose 65-yard return set the record for the longest punt return in Super Bowl history?
Kadarius Toney
The return set up a 4-yard touchdown that was a near mirror image of his own score minutes earlier, and beat Jordan Norwood's 61-yard mark from Super Bowl 50.
Q 11Fox's Super Bowl LVII broadcast, briefly the most-watched US program ever, averaged how many viewers?
115.1 million
The record fell again the following year, when the Chiefs beat the 49ers in Las Vegas.
Q 12Which country singer performed the national anthem before Super Bowl LVII?
Chris Stapleton
Sheryl Lee Ralph sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and Babyface performed "America the Beautiful" in the same pregame.
Q 13Which company replaced Pepsi as Super Bowl halftime show sponsor starting with Super Bowl LVII?
Apple Music
Pepsi had sponsored the previous ten halftime shows.
Q 21Whose record for most career sacks taken did Brady pass in 2022, with 556?
Ben Roethlisberger
The Steelers legend had retired after the 2021 season with two Super Bowl rings and 554 sacks absorbed.
Q 22For how many games was Deshaun Watson suspended to start the 2022 season after the NFL and NFLPA settled?
11
An initial six-game ban was appealed by the league; the settlement added games and a $5 million fine.
Q 23How much was Deshaun Watson's fully guaranteed Browns contract worth?
$230 million
The five-year deal was signed after Houston traded him to Cleveland in March 2022.
Q 14What was historic about the military flyover before Super Bowl LVII?
It was crewed entirely by women
The all-Navy flight marked the 50th anniversary of women flying in the US Navy.
Q 15Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field after tackling which Bengals receiver?
Tee Higgins
Medical staff performed CPR and used a defibrillator near midfield before he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Q 16The canceled Bills–Bengals game was the first regular-season game not to be made up since which event?
The 1987 players' strike
The league ruled that not finishing the game would have no effect on which clubs qualified for the playoffs.
Q 17The former Washington Football Team adopted which permanent name before the 2022 season?
Commanders
The franchise had used the placeholder Washington Football Team name for two seasons after dropping Redskins.
Q 18The NFL staged its first regular-season game in Germany in 2022. Which city hosted it?
Munich
Seattle and Tampa Bay met at Allianz Arena, and the visiting Buccaneers won.
Q 19Which quarterback announced his retirement on 1 February 2022, then un-retired 40 days later?
Tom Brady
He went on to set single-season records for completions and attempts before retiring "for good" a year later.
Q 20Whose record as the oldest quarterback to start a game since 1950 did Brady break at 45?
Steve DeBerg
Brady eventually pushed the mark to 45 years and 158 days by the end of the regular season.
Q 24Seattle traded quarterback Russell Wilson to which team in March 2022?
Denver Broncos
The haul included two first-round and two second-round picks, plus Drew Lock, Noah Fant and Shelby Harris.
Q 25Green Bay traded star receiver Davante Adams to which team for first- and second-round picks?
Las Vegas Raiders
The trade reunited Adams with his Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr.
Q 26Kansas City traded receiver Tyreek Hill to which team in March 2022?
Miami Dolphins
Despite losing Hill, the Chiefs still led the league in yards (7,032) and points (496).
Q 27Carolina traded running back Christian McCaffrey to which team in October 2022?
San Francisco 49ers
A week later he became the 11th player to record a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game.
Q 28Which receiver did the Eagles acquire from Tennessee on draft night in April 2022?
A. J. Brown
He posted 1,496 receiving yards and eleven touchdowns in his first Philadelphia season.
Q 29Jacksonville used the first overall pick of the 2022 draft on which Georgia linebacker?
Travon Walker
The draft was held in Las Vegas from 28 to 30 April; the Jaguars picked first after the worst record of 2021.
Q 30Which quarterback, the final pick of the 2022 draft, was that year's "Mr. Irrelevant"?
Brock Purdy
He took over the 49ers midseason and became the first Mr. Irrelevant to throw a touchdown pass in a regular-season game.