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50 free Josh Allen trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Josh Allen got zero Division I scholarship offers out of high school, spent a year at Reedley College, and had to email every FBS coaching staff in the country before Wyoming took a chance on him. Seven years later he was the NFL's Most Valuable Player and the league's all-time leader in quarterback rushing touchdowns, having dragged the Buffalo Bills to their first division title in a quarter century. This quiz covers the whole story: the 3,000-acre cotton farm near Firebaugh, the mass email, Craig Bohl's visit, the trade up to No. 7 in the 2018 draft, the hurdle over Anthony Barr, the 13-seconds heartbreak against Kansas City, the record-breaking 2024 MVP season, the $330 million contract, the Hailee Steinfeld wedding and the fan donations that named a hospital wing after his grandmother. Some questions are easy for any Bills Mafia member; the ones about specific records and stat lines are for people who watch every snap. Every answer is checked against a reference source and each question links to where the fact was confirmed.
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Q 01Josh Allen grew up on a 3,000-acre farm near which small California town?
Firebaugh
Firebaugh, a farm town in California's San Joaquin Valley, was home; Allen grew up on his family's 3,000-acre farm and played at Firebaugh High School.
Q 02What crop was primarily grown on the Allen family farm?
Cotton
Allen was a National FFA member and ranked in the top four nationally in diversified crop production of cantaloupe, cotton and wheat in 2014.
Q 03How many NCAA Division I scholarship offers did Allen receive out of high school?
None
He was about 6'3" and 180 pounds and skipped the elite camps to play basketball and baseball. San Diego State offered only a walk-on spot with no guaranteed snaps.
Q 04Which college program did Allen root for as a kid but fail to get a scholarship from?
Fresno State
Fresno State, the local Bulldogs he grew up supporting, passed on him under head coach Tim DeRuyter both out of high school and again after junior college.
Q 05Where did Allen play his one season of JUCO football before transferring to Wyoming?
Reedley
An assistant coach there was married to his cousin. He came off the bench in game four, ran for four touchdowns and never gave the job back.
Q 06How did Allen try to get FBS programs' attention near the end of his junior-college season?
He mass-emailed every FBS coaching staff in the country
He mass-emailed every FBS coaching staff in the country late in his junior-college season; only Eastern Michigan and Wyoming responded with scholarship offers.
Q 07Which Wyoming head coach was the only FBS head coach to visit the Allen family farm?
Craig Bohl
Craig Bohl made the trip to the farm himself; he told Allen's father there was only one quarterback Wyoming wanted and that Josh would be the face of the program.
Q 08Wyoming's offensive coordinator compared Allen to which quarterback he had recruited at North Dakota State?
Carson Wentz
Carson Wentz, whom Brent Vigen had recruited and coached at North Dakota State before Wentz went second overall in 2016, was the comparison Vigen drew.
Q 09What injury cut short Allen's first season at Wyoming in his first start?
A broken collarbone
A broken collarbone in his first start, against Eastern Michigan in 2015, ended Allen's year; he returned to take over as Wyoming's starter in 2016.
Q 10Which postseason game did Allen win with Wyoming in December 2017 before declaring for the NFL draft?
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl win, 37-14 over Central Michigan in Boise, capped Wyoming's 8-5 season in 2017 and was Allen's final college game.
Q 11What first-in-program-history honor did Wyoming announce for Allen in 2025?
His No. 17 jersey retired
His No. 17 jersey retired was the honor: Wyoming announced in 2025 that Allen would become the first football player in program history to have his number retired.
Q 12With which pick of the 2018 NFL draft did the Bills select Allen?
7th
Buffalo took Allen 7th overall after trading up from the 12th pick; Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen were among the other first-round quarterbacks that year.
Q 13Which team did the Bills trade with to move up and draft Allen?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Q 21Allen played the 2020 upset of Seattle one day after what personal loss?
The death of his grandmother
The death of his grandmother, Patricia Allen, came the day before the 44-34 win over Seattle; fans responded with donations to Oishei Children's Hospital, which later named a pediatric wing for her.
Q 22Which Bills general manager traded up to draft Allen in 2018?
Brandon Beane
Brandon Beane, hired as Bills general manager in May 2017, traded up to take Allen in his first draft running the team in 2018.
Q 23Who beat Allen for the 2020 NFL MVP award, with Allen finishing second?
Aaron Rodgers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dealt Buffalo their first-round pick in exchange for the Bills' first-rounder and two second-round selections in 2018.
Q 14Which quarterback did Allen replace to make his NFL debut in Week 1 of 2018?
Nathan Peterman
Nathan Peterman was benched during a 47-3 Week 1 loss in 2018 with a 0.0 passer rating; Allen took over and was named the starter that week.
Q 15Which Vikings linebacker did Allen famously hurdle for a first down as a rookie in 2018?
Anthony Barr
Anthony Barr was the defender Allen leapt over at Minnesota in Buffalo's first victory of 2018; hurdling defenders became an Allen trademark.
Q 16Which Jaguars cornerback called Allen 'trash' before he ran for a franchise-record 99 yards against Jacksonville?
Jalen Ramsey
Jalen Ramsey had called Allen 'trash' in a preseason GQ interview; Allen's 99 rushing yards set a Bills single-game record for a quarterback, which he raised to 135 the following week.
Q 17Which unwanted statistic did Allen lead all qualified NFL passers in during both 2018 and 2019?
Lowest completion percentage
Lowest completion percentage among qualified passers was his in both years, 52.8% as a rookie and 58.8% in 2019, before an accuracy leap in 2020 made him an MVP candidate.
Q 18What did Allen do, unusually for a quarterback, in the 2019 Wild Card loss to Houston?
He caught a touchdown pass on a trick play
He caught a touchdown pass on a trick play: John Brown threw him the 16-yard score, echoing Nick Foles' Philly Special, before Buffalo blew a 16-0 lead and lost 22-19 in overtime.
Q 19In 2020 the Bills won their first AFC East title since which year?
1995
The 1995 title under Marv Levy was the previous one, six months before Allen was born; he clinched the 2020 crown with a 48-19 win over Denver in which he accounted for four touchdowns.
Q 20Whose franchise records for total TDs and single-season passing TDs did Allen break in 2020?
Jim Kelly
Jim Kelly's 1991 mark of 33 passing touchdowns fell in a Monday night rout of the Patriots, Buffalo's first sweep of New England since 1999.
Aaron Rodgers took 44 of the 50 first-place votes; Allen received four, good for second place, after throwing for 4,544 yards and 37 touchdowns.
Q 24Why was the Bills' 47-17 Wild Card win over New England in January 2022 called the first 'perfect offensive game'?
They scored a touchdown on every possession
They scored a touchdown on every possession, with no punts, field-goal tries or turnovers; Allen threw five touchdowns against only four incompletions.
Q 25In the '13 seconds' loss to Kansas City in January 2022, all four of Allen's touchdown passes went to whom?
Gabe Davis
Gabe Davis caught all four, setting a playoff record for receiving touchdowns in one game; Buffalo never touched the ball after Kansas City tied it with 13 seconds left and won in overtime.
Q 26Whose record for highest passer rating in a single postseason did Allen break in 2021–22?
Joe Montana
Joe Montana's 146.4 from the 1989 postseason was the mark; Allen's 149.0 topped it despite the season ending in overtime at Arrowhead.
Q 27In 2021 Allen was sacked and intercepted by an opposing defender who shared what with him?
His exact name
His exact name: Jaguars pass rusher Josh Allen both sacked and intercepted quarterback Josh Allen in Jacksonville's 9-6 upset in November 2021.
Q 28Allen's 98-yard touchdown pass against Pittsburgh in 2022 tied which franchise record?
Longest passing play in Bills history
Longest passing play in Bills history, at 98 yards, was the record it tied; it came in a 38-3 rout in which Allen threw for 424 yards and four scores.
Q 29Which Bills player's on-field emergency made the 2022 Cincinnati game a no-contest?
Damar Hamlin
Damar Hamlin, a Bills safety, collapsed in cardiac arrest after a tackle in Cincinnati on January 2, 2023; the NFL declared the game a no-contest, and Hamlin recovered.
Q 30Against which team did Allen post his first perfect 158.3 passer rating in 2023?
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins were the victims: he went 21 of 25 for 320 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for another, in a 48-20 win.