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the Chicago Bears 9x $456 avg J:8 DJ:1

J $300 1993 This team's corporate headquarters are at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois

J $600 2012 George Halas was 72 during his last season as head coach of this NFL team

J $1,000 2008 In 1986 Richard Dent was Super Bowl MVP as part of this team's dominating defense

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Jerry Rice 6x 33.3% stumper $567 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 2000 This 49er entered the 1999 season with a record 64 games of 100 yards receiving

J $500 2001 In 1995 J.J. Stokes became the first 49ers receiver selected in the NFL Draft's first round since this player in 1985

DJ $1,600 2009 In his career he had a record 22,895 yards receiving, about 50% more than runner-up Tim Brown

the Buffalo Bills 6x $580 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1989 NFL team which plays its home games in suburban Orchard Park, New York

J $800 2008 (Jon sits in a section of red stadium seats.) These chairs are from this team's Ralph Wilson Stadium--you can almost see Jim Kelly throw & Thurman Thomas run

J $1,000 2008 This team's Marv Levy is the only coach to lead his team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances

Vince Lombardi 5x $360 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1999 Green Bay Packers1959-67

J $1,000 2007 This legendary coach once said, "Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is"

J $100 1990 After a year of retirement, this former Green Bay coach became part owner & coach of the Redskins in '69

Joe Montana 5x $520 avg J:5

J $200 2015 (Dan Patrick delivers the clue.) Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers told me he was not a Packers fan growing up; his favorite team was the 49ers & he idolized this quarterback who led San Francisco to 4 Super Bowl wins

J $600 2019 At one time the 7th-string QB at Notre Dame, he went on to a Hall of Fame career as a 49er

J $600 2008 The highest-rated Super Bowl, with a 49.1 rating, aired on Jan. 24, 1982, when he QB'd the 49ers over the Bengals

Detroit Lions 5x $260 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $200 1999 This team's home, the Pontiac Silverdome, is the NFL's largest stadium with a seating capacity of over 80,000

J $600 2004 After 41 seasons in the same city, this NFL team moved to Pontiac, Michigan in 1975

J $100 1985 None of the players are "paper" pussycats on this Detroit team

the Dallas Cowboys 5x 20.0% stumper $460 avg J:5

J $200 1994 On March 29, 1994, Jimmy Johnson resigned as coach of this team; he was replaced by Barry Switzer

J $500 1993 Until 1989 Tom Landry was the only coach this team ever had

J $1,000 2018 Randy White & Emmitt Smith

Pittsburgh Steelers 5x $440 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2018 Franco Harris & Terry Bradshaw

J $600 2021 Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" of a deflected pass from Terry Bradshaw won a 1972 playoff game for this team

J $200 2002 In 1941 the Pittsburgh Pirates changed their name to this

Notre Dame 4x $325 avg J:4

J $100 1989 In the 1920s sportswriter Grantland Rice called this college's backfield the "Four Horsemen"

J $800 2010 Joe Theismann(1970)

J $200 2014 Knute Rockne lost just 12, but won one for the Gipper & 104 more at this schooi

John Madden 4x 25.0% stumper $525 avg J:4

J $400 1999 Oakland Raiders1969-78

J $500 1994 As a coach this Fox TV broadcaster is second only to Vince Lombardi in all-time winning percentage

J $400 1985 "Hey, wait a minute," he's the Raiders' former coach

the Heisman Trophy 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2011 First presented in 1935, this bronze college football award weighs 25 pounds

J $200 1985 In '61, Ernie Davis was 1st Black college player to win this award

DJ $400 2007 On Dec. 13, 1997 Michigan CB Charles Woodson became the first primarily defensive player to win this award

Knute Rockne 4x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1988 Working as a mail clerk to attend Notre Dame, this legend later coached football there

J $200 2001 (Hi, I'm Jerome Bettis, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers.) Long before I played at Notre Dame, this man taught chemistry there before he became head coach in 1918

DJ $400 1986 In 1918, this chemistry instructor became head coach at Notre Dame

touchdown 4x 25.0% stumper $250 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2006 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes the snap and holds for the kick.) The ball is snapped from the 3-yard-line to the holder a few yards back to kick a PAT, which stands for this

J $200 2020 Offensive teams love to see this sign; it means points

DJ $200 1986 Over the years, its value has increased from 2 points to 6

the Washington Redskins 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2008 Jack Kent Cooke once owned the L.A. Lakers & this pro football team based in our nation's capital

J $1,000 2015 (Dan Patrick delivers the clue.) Warren Buffett once revealed to me that as a young boy he served as a waterboy for this NFL team for 2 games & that the team's Hall of Famequaterback Sammy Baugh was his hero

DJ $200 1986 Auto racer Cale Yarborough once declined this Washington team's invitation to spring camp

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Woody Hayes 3 Tom Osborne 3 Tom Landry 3 Terry Bradshaw 3 Joe Namath 3 holding 3 Drew Brees 3 UCLA 3 the San Francisco 49ers 3 the Rams 3 the Green Bay Packers 3 the end zone 3 the (Miami) Dolphins 3 shotgun 3 right guard 3 Nebraska 3 Jim Brown 3 Field goals 3 the center 3 University of Washington 2 University of Texas 2 the University of Georgia 2 the Fiesta Bowl 2 the Big Ten 2 soccer 2 Richard Nixon 2 Paul "Bear" Bryant 2 O.J. Simpson 2 New Orleans 2 Michigan 2 LSU 2 Larry Csonka 2 Jim Thorpe 2 Georgia Tech 2 George Halas 2 Eric Dickerson 2 drop kick 2 Calgary 2 Boston College 2 Bobby Bowden 2 audibles 2 Arizona State 2 a Hail Mary 2 Washington 2 Troy Aikman 2 Seattle Seahawks 2 The Rose Bowl 2 Baltimore Ravens 2 the Ohio State University 2 the Oakland Raiders 2 the Grey Cup 2 face mask 2 the draft 2 the Arena Football League 2 Denver Broncos 2 Bo Schembechler 2 Oklahoma 2 a lateral 2 Howard Cosell 2 a flea flicker 2 a fair catch 2 a tight end 2 Don Meredith 2 a clipping 2 Bill Belichick 2 Al Michaels 2

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