100 free 2023 NFL Season trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This 2023 NFL trivia quiz covers the whole season, from the Lions beating the champions in the Kickoff Game to Mecole Hardman's walk-off catch in the first Super Bowl decided on its final play. In between are the stories fans argued about all year: Aaron Rodgers lasting four snaps as a Jet, Miami hanging 70 on Denver, a rookie fifth-round receiver breaking records that stood since 1960, Joe Flacco coming off the couch to win Comeback Player of the Year, and a Taylor Swift subplot that pulled a new audience into the sport. The questions run from easy (who won the Super Bowl, who was MVP) through medium (which division sent all four teams to a winning record, who was picked first in the draft) to genuinely hard ones about record-book footnotes, rule changes and the Peacock-only playoff game. About a third are warm-ups, a third are medium, and the rest will separate people who watched every week from those who watched the highlights. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's season, playoff and Super Bowl LVIII records before publishing, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01Which team won Super Bowl LVIII, capping the 2023 season?
Kansas City Chiefs
The 25-22 overtime win made them the first repeat champions since the 2004 New England Patriots.
Q 02Super Bowl LVIII was played at Allegiant Stadium in which state?
Nevada
The sellout crowd of 61,629 was the smallest unrestricted Super Bowl attendance ever because of the building's capacity.
Q 03Which quarterback won the 2023 NFL MVP, receiving 49 of 50 first-place votes?
Lamar Jackson
At 27 he became the second-youngest player to win multiple MVPs, behind only Jim Brown.
Q 04Who won Super Bowl LVIII MVP for the third time in his career after throwing for 333 yards?
Patrick Mahomes
He also ran for 66 yards, including an 8-yard fourth-and-1 scramble on the winning overtime drive.
Q 05Which receiver caught the walk-off touchdown in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII, his only touchdown of the season?
Mecole Hardman
The Jets had traded him back to Kansas City in October for a swap of late-round picks.
Q 06Who headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show?
Usher
Guests included Alicia Keys, Lil Jon, Ludacris, will.i.am and H.E.R.; Reba McEntire sang the anthem.
Q 07Which team beat the defending champion Chiefs in the 2023 NFL Kickoff Game on September 7?
Detroit Lions
It set the tone for a season in which the winner went 12-5 and won its first division title since 1993.
Q 08Which division became the first since 1935 to have all four of its teams finish with a winning record?
AFC North
Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati all finished above .500 and three of the four made the playoffs.
Q 09Which quarterback was selected first overall in the 2023 NFL Draft?
Bryce Young
Chicago owned the pick but traded it to Carolina for a package that included receiver D. J. Moore.
Q 10The 2023 NFL Draft was held outside Union Station in which Missouri metropolis?
Kansas City
The Rams closed the draft by taking Desjuan Johnson with the final pick, making him that year's Mr. Irrelevant.
Q 11Which rookie quarterback set the record of 191 pass attempts without an interception to start a career?
C. J. Stroud
The Houston passer broke Dak Prescott's mark of 176 and went on to win Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Q 12How many passing yards did Houston's rookie quarterback throw for in his record game against Tampa Bay?
470
He also tied the rookie record with five touchdown passes and did not throw an interception.
Q 13Which fifth-round rookie set rookie records for receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,486)?
Puka Nacua
The Rams took him 177th overall out of BYU; the yardage record he broke had belonged to Bill Groman since 1960.
Q 21Which head coach won his second AP Coach of the Year award in 2023 after taking Cleveland to 11-6?
Kevin Stefanski
He is the first Browns coach since Marty Schottenheimer to lead the team to multiple postseason appearances.
Q 22Which Steelers defensive lineman received the 2023 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award?
Cameron Heyward
He missed much of the season with a groin injury but was honoured at NFL Honors in Las Vegas on February 8, 2024.
Q 23Which Cowboys cornerback set the single-season record with five interception-return touchdowns in 2023?
DaRon Bland
The previous mark of four had been shared by Eric Allen, Ken Houston and Jim Kearney.
Q 14Which team became only the third in NFL history to score 70 points in a game, in 2023?
Miami Dolphins
The 70-20 win over Denver produced over 700 yards of offense and five rushing plus five passing touchdowns, both firsts of their kind.
Q 15Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles on his fourth snap as a Jet after a sack by which Bills defender?
Leonard Floyd
Zach Wilson came on and the Jets still won 22-16 in overtime on Monday Night Football.
Q 16Which quarterback joined Cleveland's practice squad in November 2023 and won Comeback Player of the Year?
Joe Flacco
He was named starter 13 days after signing and led the Browns to the playoffs, his first postseason start since 2015.
Q 17Which team first reached the postseason after four quarterbacks made multiple starts in one season?
Cleveland Browns
Deshaun Watson, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, P.J. Walker and Joe Flacco all started games for the 11-6 team.
Q 18Who was named 2023 Offensive Player of the Year after leading the league in scrimmage yards?
Christian McCaffrey
The 49ers back also became the third player with 50 rushing and 25 receiving touchdowns, joining Marshall Faulk and Lenny Moore.
Q 19Which Browns pass rusher won 2023 Defensive Player of the Year?
Myles Garrett
During the season he passed Reggie White for the most sacks before a 28th birthday, with 82.
Q 20Which Texans edge rusher, drafted third overall, won 2023 Defensive Rookie of the Year?
Will Anderson Jr.
Houston traded up from 12th to take him one pick after selecting his quarterback classmate C. J. Stroud.
Q 24Which two quarterbacks tied the single-season record with 15 rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in 2023?
Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen
The Eagles star set the mark first, breaking Cam Newton's 14, and the Bills star matched it in the final weeks.
Q 25Which former soccer player kicked a record 35 straight field goals to start his NFL career with Dallas?
Brandon Aubrey
He was drafted by Toronto FC in 2017 and played in the USFL before the Cowboys signed him; the old record was 18.
Q 26Which quarterback in 2023 became the first player with 40,000 passing and 5,000 rushing yards?
Russell Wilson
He did it in his lone injury-free season as a Bronco before Denver benched and released him.
Q 27Which head coach reached 300 career wins during the 2023 season, joining Don Shula and George Halas?
Bill Belichick
The same season he tied the record for most career losses by a head coach with 165, and it proved to be his last in New England.
Q 28Which German city hosted NFL games for the first time in 2023, at Deutsche Bank Park?
Frankfurt
The Chiefs beat the Dolphins there on November 5, and the Colts beat the Patriots a week later.
Q 29Which team played London games at Wembley and Tottenham on consecutive weeks in 2023?
Jacksonville Jaguars
They beat Atlanta and then Buffalo, the only team to win two International Series games that season.
Q 30Which jersey number became legal for most positions in 2023, a first since numbering was standardised in 1973?
0
Kickers and punters were also freed to wear 0-49 and 90-99 instead of only 1-19.