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
George Preston Marshall named them the Braves after the baseball team whose field they shared, then the Redskins when they moved to Fenway Park.
Q 02Under what name did the franchise play 2020 and 2021, between 'Redskins' and 'Commanders'?
Washington Football Team
The old name and logo were retired in July 2020 after sponsors including FedEx applied pressure during that summer's racial-justice protests.
Q 03Who beat Washington 73–0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game?
Chicago Bears
The teams had met in the 1937 title game too, which Washington won for its first championship, and again in 1942 and 1943.
Q 04In 1943 Sammy Baugh led the NFL in three categories at once. Which three?
Passing, punting and interceptions
'Slingin' Sammy' picked off 11 passes as a defender that year; the TCU product won titles in 1937 and 1942.
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
The Kennedy administration threatened to bar a segregated team from the federally owned D.C. Stadium; a former Browns running back turned receiver led the league with 11 touchdowns that year.
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
He had been given a 5% ownership stake and full control of football operations; both Lambeau and Graham had coached the team earlier without success.
Q 09George Allen's veteran-laden Washington teams of the 1970s were known by what nickname?
The Over-the-Hill Gang
He preferred seasoned pros to draft picks and reached Super Bowl VII, where the undefeated Dolphins won 14–7.
Q 10Which running back was named NFL MVP in 1972, the year Washington reached its first Super Bowl?
Larry Brown
The team crushed Dallas 26–3 in the NFC Championship Game before losing to Miami's perfect team.
Q 11Which head coach won three Super Bowls in Washington with three different starting quarterbacks?
Joe Gibbs
NFL Films called it 'the most diverse dynasty in NFL history'; he later won multiple NASCAR titles as a team owner.
Q 12Which team's offensive coordinator did Washington hire as head coach in January 1981?
San Diego Chargers
He started 0–5 in his first season and finished 8–8; a year later he won the Super Bowl.
Q 13The game-winning 43-yard touchdown run in Super Bowl XVII came on a play called what?
70 Chip
It was 4th-and-inches with Washington trailing Miami 17–13; he ran through Don McNeal and was named MVP of a 27–17 win.
Q 21Washington's record at RFK Stadium was 173–102–3, including what mark in playoff games?
11–1
The final game there, in December 1996, was a 37–10 win over the Cowboys; the team will return to a new stadium on the RFK site at the end of the decade.
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
The Canadian-American also owned the Lakers and Kings until 1979; he died in 1997 and the team was sold two years later.
Q 23How much did Daniel Snyder pay for the team in 1999?
$800 million
He immediately sold the stadium naming rights to FedEx; the team won just five playoff games in his 24 years.
Q 14Kicker Mark Moseley achieved what unique feat in the strike-shortened 1982 season?
Won the league MVP award
He made 20 of 21 field goals; no other kicker has ever won the award.
Q 15What was the nickname of Washington's dominant 1980s offensive line coached by Joe Bugel?
The Hogs
Fans called the Hogettes dressed up in frocks and pig snouts in tribute; the line allowed just nine sacks in the Super Bowl XXVI season.
Q 16Which Washington quarterback broke his leg in a 1985 Monday Night sack by Lawrence Taylor?
Joe Theismann
He was the 1983 NFL MVP; the compound fracture ended his career at 36.
Q 17How many touchdowns did Doug Williams throw in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXII?
Four
Washington trailed Denver 10–0 after one quarter and scored a record 35 points in the second; rookie Timmy Smith ran for a Super Bowl-record 204 yards.
Q 18What were Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders, the first 1,000-yard receiving trio, called?
The Posse
Monk became the NFL's all-time leading receiver in 1992 with his 820th catch; the Fun Bunch and the Smurfs were earlier Washington 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
That team scored a league-best 485 points and allowed only nine sacks; Gibbs retired 14 months later.
Q 20Which cornerback played all 20 NFL seasons in Washington after going last in the first round of the 1983 draft?
Darrell Green
One of the fastest players ever, he broke the club's games-played record and bowed out in December 2002 with a win over Dallas.
Q 24Which Florida Gators coach did Snyder hire in 2002, the team's fifth head coach in ten years?
Steve Spurrier
He lasted two seasons; the three-time champion coach then returned in 2004 for a second stint.
Q 25Which safety, drafted in 2004, was shot by intruders at his Miami home and died in November 2007?
Sean Taylor
He was 24; his number 21 has effectively been retired and his memory is a fixture at the stadium.
Q 26Washington traded three first-round picks and a second to draft which quarterback second overall in 2012?
Robert Griffin III
The Baylor Heisman winner was Offensive Rookie of the Year and won the division; Cousins was drafted in round four the same year.
Q 27Which head coach was the longest-serving of the Snyder era, lasting six seasons from 2014?
Jay Gruden
He went 35–49–1 with one playoff appearance; he was the eighth head coach since Snyder bought the team.
Q 28With what losing record did Washington win the NFC East in 2020?
7–9
Ron Rivera's team followed the 2010 Seahawks and his own 2014 Panthers; the same year Jason Wright became the NFL's first Black team president.
Q 29How much did the NFL fine the team in 2021 after the Wilkinson investigation into its workplace culture?
$10 million
Snyder handed day-to-day control to his wife Tanya and, under pressure from other owners, put the team up for sale the next year.
Q 30Josh Harris's group agreed to buy the Commanders in 2023 for how much?
$6.05 billion
The Apollo co-founder also owns the 76ers and Devils; it was a record price for a sports team at the time.