Washington Commanders Trivia
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50 free Washington Commanders trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Washington Commanders trivia quiz covers a franchise with three names and five titles: George Preston Marshall's Boston Braves, the move to Washington in 1937, Slingin' Sammy Baugh's championships, the 73–0 humiliation, the last team to integrate, and the fight song that has followed touchdowns since 1937. Then the glory years — George Allen's Over-the-Hill Gang, Joe Gibbs, the Hogs, John Riggins on 70 Chip, Doug Williams' 35-point quarter, Mark Rypien and Super Bowl XXVI, Darrell Green and Art Monk — and the long Snyder era: RG3, Sean Taylor, the retirement of the Redskins name, the Football Team, the Commanders, Josh Harris's $6.05 billion purchase, and Jayden Daniels taking Washington back to an NFC Championship Game. Questions run from easy to hard with the difficulty shown on each one. Every answer has been checked against a primary reference and each question carries its citation.
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Q 01In which city was the franchise founded in 1932, before moving to Washington in 1937?
Boston
Boston was the franchise's first home: George Preston Marshall founded the club there in 1932, and it played at Fenway Park from 1933 until the move to Washington in 1937.
Q 02Under what name did the franchise play 2020 and 2021, between 'Redskins' and 'Commanders'?
Washington Football Team
The club played as the Washington Football Team in 2020 and 2021 after retiring the old name in July 2020 under sponsor pressure, then unveiled the Commanders name in February 2022.
Q 03Who beat Washington 73–0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game?
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears routed Washington 73–0 in the 1940 title game, the most lopsided score in NFL history; the two clubs had also met for the 1937 championship, which Washington won 28–21.
Q 04Sammy Baugh led the NFL in which three statistical categories in 1943?
Passing, punting and interceptions
Passing, punting and interceptions: in 1943 Sammy Baugh won the NFL passing title, led the league with a 45.9-yard punting average, and picked off 11 passes as a defensive back.
Q 05What freak play cost Washington the 1945 title game and led to the 'Baugh/Marshall Rule'?
A pass hit the goalpost for a safety
Baugh's throw from his own end zone struck the upright, which counted as a safety under the rules of the day; passes hitting the post became incomplete afterwards.
Q 06In 1962 Washington became the last NFL franchise to do what?
Integrate its roster
Washington was the last NFL club to integrate its roster, doing so in 1962 after Interior Secretary Stewart Udall threatened to bar a segregated team from the federally owned D.C. Stadium.
Q 07Washington drafted Ernie Davis, the first Black Heisman winner, first overall in 1962 and traded him for whom?
Bobby Mitchell
Davis was diagnosed with leukaemia and never played a down; Mitchell became a Hall of Fame receiver in Washington.
Q 08Which legendary coach led Washington to a 7–5–2 record in 1969, then died before the next season?
Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi came out of retirement to coach Washington in 1969, its first winning season since 1955, and died of cancer on September 3, 1970, before the next season.
Q 09George Allen's veteran-laden Washington teams of the 1970s were known by what nickname?
The Over-the-Hill Gang
The Over-the-Hill Gang was the nickname for George Allen's Washington squads, built on traded-for veterans rather than draft picks; they reached Super Bowl VII, losing 14–7 to the undefeated Dolphins.
Q 10Which running back was named NFL MVP in 1972, the year Washington reached its first Super Bowl?
Larry Brown
Larry Brown ran for 1,216 yards in 1972 and was voted AP NFL MVP as Washington went 11–3 and won the NFC title before falling to unbeaten Miami in Super Bowl VII.
Q 11Which head coach won three Super Bowls in Washington with three different starting quarterbacks?
Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs won Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI with a different starting quarterback each time, then founded Joe Gibbs Racing and added multiple NASCAR Cup championships as a team owner.
Q 12Which team's offensive coordinator did Washington hire as head coach in January 1981?
San Diego Chargers
Washington's new coach came from the San Diego Chargers, where he had been Don Coryell's offensive coordinator in 1979 and 1980; he started 0–5, finished 8–8, and won the Super Bowl a year later.
Q 13The game-winning 43-yard touchdown run in Super Bowl XVII came on a play called what?
70 Chip
Q 21Washington's record at RFK Stadium was 173–102–3, including what mark in playoff games?
11–1
Washington went 11–1 in playoff games at RFK Stadium, its lone home postseason loss coming in the 1984 divisional round; the final game there was a 37–10 win in December 1996.
Q 22Which owner presided over all three Super Bowl wins and left the team to a foundation with orders to sell it?
Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Kent Cooke, who had sold the Lakers and Kings in 1979, owned Washington through all three Super Bowl wins; after his death in April 1997 his foundation sold the club in 1999 as his will directed.
Q 23How much did Daniel Snyder pay for the team in 1999?
$800 million
'70 Chip' was the call on 4th-and-inches with Washington trailing Miami 17–13; the runner shed Don McNeal's tackle for a 43-yard score and was MVP of the 27–17 win.
Q 14What did kicker Mark Moseley achieve in the strike-shortened 1982 season?
Won the league MVP award
Mark Moseley won the league MVP award for 1982, the first time a placekicker had been named NFL MVP, after making 20 of 21 field goals in the nine-game strike season.
Q 15What was the nickname of Washington's dominant 1980s offensive line coached by Joe Bugel?
The Hogs
The Hogs was the nickname line coach Joe Bugel gave Washington's offensive front in 1982; fans known as the Hogettes wore frocks and pig snouts in tribute.
Q 16Which Washington quarterback broke his leg in a 1985 Monday Night sack by Lawrence Taylor?
Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann, the 1983 NFL MVP, suffered a compound fracture of his right leg when Lawrence Taylor sacked him on November 18, 1985, ending his career at 36.
Q 17How many touchdowns did Doug Williams throw in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXII?
Four
Doug Williams threw four touchdown passes in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXII, hitting Ricky Sanders twice, Gary Clark and Clint Didier, as Washington scored 35 points in the period.
Q 18What were Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders, the first 1,000-yard receiving trio, called?
The Posse
The Posse was Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders, who in 1989 became the first trio of teammates to each gain 1,000 receiving yards in a season; the Fun Bunch and the Smurfs were earlier receiver groups.
Q 19Which sixth-round pick from the 1986 draft was MVP of Super Bowl XXVI as Washington beat Buffalo 37–24?
Mark Rypien
Mark Rypien, a sixth-round pick in 1986, threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns to win Super Bowl XXVI MVP as Washington beat Buffalo 37–24 to cap a 14–2 season.
Q 20Which cornerback played all 20 NFL seasons in Washington after going last in the first round of the 1983 draft?
Darrell Green
Darrell Green, taken 28th overall in 1983, played a club-record 295 games over 20 seasons, winning two Super Bowls, and bowed out with a home win in December 2002.
Daniel Snyder's group paid $800 million for the team and its stadium in May 1999, then the highest price ever paid for an American sports franchise; naming rights went to FedEx that November.
Q 24Which Florida Gators coach did Snyder hire in 2002, the team's fifth head coach in ten years?
Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier left Florida for a $25 million Washington contract in January 2002, went 12–20 over two seasons and resigned after 2003; the franchise then turned back to its three-time champion coach.
Q 25Which safety, drafted in 2004, was shot by intruders at his Miami home and died in November 2007?
Sean Taylor
Sean Taylor, the fifth overall pick in 2004, was 24 when he died; Washington retired his number 21 in October 2021, the third number retired in franchise history.
Q 26Washington traded three first-round picks and a second to draft which quarterback second overall in 2012?
Robert Griffin III
Robert Griffin III, Baylor's 2011 Heisman winner, went second overall to Washington in 2012, won Offensive Rookie of the Year and an NFC East title, then tore his knee in the January 2013 playoff loss.
Q 27Which head coach was the longest-serving of the Snyder era, lasting six seasons from 2014?
Jay Gruden
Jay Gruden coached Washington from 2014 until his firing in October 2019, going 35–49–1 with one playoff trip, in 2015; no other Snyder-era coach lasted beyond a fourth season.
Q 28With what losing record did Washington win the NFC East in 2020?
7–9
Washington won the 2020 NFC East at 7–9 under Ron Rivera, joining the 2010 Seahawks (7–9) and Rivera's own 2014 Panthers (7–8–1) as division champions with losing records.
Q 29How much did the NFL fine the team in 2021 after the Wilkinson investigation into its workplace culture?
$10 million
The NFL fined Washington $10 million in July 2021 after Beth Wilkinson's review of its workplace culture; Snyder handed day-to-day control to his wife Tanya and put the team up for sale in November 2022.
Q 30Josh Harris's group agreed to buy the Commanders in 2023 for how much?
$6.05 billion
Josh Harris's group agreed to pay $6.05 billion in May 2023, then the highest price ever paid for a sports franchise, topping the $4.65 billion for the Denver Broncos a year earlier.