NFL Trivia Game

NFL Trivia Game was a short-lived sports trivia game show where two teams of three studio players competed to answer Football-related trivia questions.

Broadcast
ESPN September 5, 1988-January 21, 1989; September 11, 1989-December 25, 1989

Hosts
Gabe Kaplan (1988-1989) David Sparks (1989)

Packager
NFL Films (1988) ESPN (1989)

Gameplay
The game as divided into four quarters and began with a coin toss. The challenging team called the coin and had the option of keeping control of the game or passing control to their opponents. The team answering questions scored a "touchdown" worth six points. if they answered three questions in a row correctly. Players alternated answering and only one could respond to a particular question. If they scored a "touchdown", then they played the extra point question. A team lost control of the game when they missed a question or after they scored. The last part of the fourth quarter of the game was called "the two-minute drill" and all questions had true or false answers to them. The team with the most points won the game, $500 and returned to face new challengers. Prior to this, Teams that won three weeks in a row returned to the "Playoff Round" and the winner of that round won a trip to the upcoming super bowl.