2023 NFL Season Trivia
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98 free 2023 NFL Season trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This 2023 NFL trivia quiz covers the whole season, from the Lions beating the champions in the Kickoff Game to Mecole Hardman's walk-off catch in the first Super Bowl decided on its final play. In between are the stories fans argued about all year: Aaron Rodgers lasting four snaps as a Jet, Miami hanging 70 on Denver, a rookie fifth-round receiver breaking records that stood since 1960, Joe Flacco coming off the couch to win Comeback Player of the Year, and a Taylor Swift subplot that pulled a new audience into the sport. The questions run from easy (who won the Super Bowl, who was MVP) through medium (which division sent all four teams to a winning record, who was picked first in the draft) to genuinely hard ones about record-book footnotes, rule changes and the Peacock-only playoff game. About a third are warm-ups, a third are medium, and the rest will separate people who watched every week from those who watched the highlights. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's season, playoff and Super Bowl LVIII records before publishing, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01Which Bills safety returned to NFL action in 2023, months after his on-field cardiac arrest?
Damar Hamlin
Damar Hamlin was cleared in April after specialists agreed his collapse was commotio cordis, a blow to the chest at the exact wrong moment of a heartbeat.
Q 02Super Bowl LVIII was played at Allegiant Stadium in which state?
Nevada
Nevada got its first Super Bowl because New Orleans, the original host, gave the game up: the new 17-game season had pushed the date into Mardi Gras.
Q 03Which quarterback won the 2023 NFL MVP, receiving 49 of 50 first-place votes?
Lamar Jackson
Lamar Jackson took the award less than a year after telling the Ravens he wanted a trade; he then signed a five-year extension he negotiated himself, with no agent.
Q 04Who was named MVP of Super Bowl LVIII after the Chiefs' overtime win?
Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes threw for 333 yards and ran for 66, including an 8-yard fourth-and-1 scramble on the winning drive, earning his third Super Bowl MVP.
Q 05Which Chiefs receiver caught the walk-off touchdown in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII?
Mecole Hardman
Mecole Hardman caught the 3-yard walk-off score; the Jets had traded him back to the Chiefs in October for a swap of late-round picks.
Q 06Who headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show?
Usher
Usher reappeared from a costume change on roller skates and turned the field into a rink for "OMG"; his guests included Alicia Keys, Ludacris and Lil Jon.
Q 07Which team beat the defending champion Chiefs in the 2023 NFL Kickoff Game on September 7?
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions drew level when rookie Brian Branch caught a pass that bounced off a Chiefs receiver's hands and ran it back 50 yards; they won 21-20.
Q 08Which division became the first since 1935 to have all four of its teams finish with a winning record?
AFC North
The AFC North's last-place team, Cincinnati, still went 9-8 despite losing its star quarterback to a torn wrist ligament in November.
Q 09Which quarterback was selected first overall in the 2023 NFL Draft?
Bryce Young
Bryce Young went first to Carolina, which gave Chicago the ninth pick, three more high draft picks and a starting receiver to move up.
Q 10Where did the NFL hold its 2023 draft?
Kansas City
Kansas City took its turn between Las Vegas in 2022 and Detroit in 2024: the draft has gone on the road since 2015, after fifty years in New York.
Q 11Which rookie quarterback set the record for most pass attempts without an interception to start a career?
C. J. Stroud
C. J. Stroud passed Dak Prescott's 2016 mark of 176 in his fifth game; his team had drafted him second overall, then traded up to pick again at No. 3.
Q 12Which receiver caught the winning touchdown in a rookie quarterback's record 470-yard game in 2023?
Tank Dell
Tank Dell, a rookie himself, caught the 15-yard winner to cap a drive that took only 40 seconds after Tampa Bay had gone ahead, sealing a 39-37 win.
Q 13Which fifth-round rookie set rookie records for receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,486)?
Puka Nacua
Q 21Which head coach won the 2023 AP Coach of the Year award?
Kevin Stefanski
Kevin Stefanski won it for the second time in four seasons, steering Cleveland to the playoffs after losing running back Nick Chubb to a knee injury in Week 2.
Q 22Which Steelers defensive lineman received the 2023 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award?
Cameron Heyward
Cameron Heyward's charity work honours his father, former NFL running back Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, who died of brain cancer when Cameron was 17.
Q 23Which Cowboys cornerback returned a record five interceptions for touchdowns in 2023?
DaRon Bland
DaRon Bland became a starter only when Trevon Diggs tore his ACL in practice before Week 3; his record fifth pick-six came on Thanksgiving.
Puka Nacua got his chance because Cooper Kupp opened the season on injured reserve; the rookie yardage record he broke had stood since 1960.
Q 14Which team beat Denver 70-20 in September 2023, the most points by any team since 1966?
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins could have broken the regular-season scoring record with a late field goal, but coach Mike McDaniel had his backup quarterback kneel instead.
Q 15Which quarterback tore his Achilles four snaps into his debut for a new team in 2023?
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers went down on a sack minutes into the Jets' opener; they still beat Buffalo 22-16 in overtime on undrafted rookie Xavier Gipson's 65-yard punt return.
Q 16Which quarterback, unsigned until November 2023, went on to win Comeback Player of the Year?
Joe Flacco
Joe Flacco joined a practice squad on November 20, was starting within two weeks and took his new team to the playoffs; at 39 he tied for the oldest winner of the award.
Q 17Which 2023 playoff team had four different quarterbacks each start more than one game?
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns still went 11-6 after Deshaun Watson's season-ending shoulder surgery, starting rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, P.J. Walker and a November free-agent signing.
Q 18Who was named 2023 Offensive Player of the Year after leading the league in scrimmage yards?
Christian McCaffrey
Christian McCaffrey gained 2,023 scrimmage yards in 2023, a year after San Francisco sent Carolina a package of draft picks to get him in midseason.
Q 19Which pass rusher won 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year?
Myles Garrett
Myles Garrett won with 14 sacks even though Pittsburgh's T. J. Watt, the runner-up in the voting, led the league with 19.
Q 20Which rookie, drafted third overall, won 2023 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year?
Will Anderson Jr.
Will Anderson Jr. cost Houston a haul: it sent Arizona the 12th and 33rd picks plus first- and third-round picks in 2024 to move up and take him.
Q 24Which two quarterbacks each ran for 15 touchdowns in 2023, a season record for the position?
Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen
Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen finished level: Hurts broke Cam Newton's mark of 14 on Christmas Day, Allen caught him within a week, and neither added to it in the finale.
Q 25Which kicker opened his NFL career in 2023 with a record run of field goals without a miss?
Brandon Aubrey
Brandon Aubrey never played college football: a former MLS draft pick, he was working as a software engineer when his wife suggested he try kicking.
Q 26Which quarterback in 2023 became the first player with 40,000 passing and 5,000 rushing yards?
Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson reached the mark early in 2023, yet by December his team had benched him, a move reported to protect it from a $37 million injury guarantee; it released him the following March.
Q 27Which head coach earned his 300th regular-season win in 2023, joining Don Shula and George Halas?
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick got there by upsetting Buffalo in October, but New England finished 4-13 and he and the team agreed to part ways in January after 24 seasons.
Q 28Which German city hosted NFL games for the first time in 2023, at Deutsche Bank Park?
Frankfurt
Frankfurt was no newcomer to the sport: NFL Europe's Frankfurt Galaxy played in the same stadium until that league folded in 2007.
Q 29Which team played London games at Wembley and Tottenham on consecutive weeks in 2023?
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars treat the city as a second home: owner Shad Khan also owns London soccer club Fulham, and the team plays there nearly every year.
Q 30Which players were left out when the NFL legalised jersey number 0 in 2023?
Linemen
Linemen stayed put because their numbers do a job: an offensive lineman's 50 to 79 tells officials he is not eligible to catch a pass.