Must Be A Mistake In The Box Score

In franchise regular-season history, only two different Patriots players, each with the same last name both scored a touchdown in the same game. This duo accomplished this feat twice, with both games in the same season. Name the two players?

a) Corwin (DB/1996-95) and Troy (WR/1993-2007) Brown
b) Bethel (WR/2003-05) and Ted (LB/1995-2004) Johnson
c) Antowain (RB/2001-03) and Otis (DB/1996, 2000-02) Smith -- in 2001, game # 3, at Foxboro vs. Colts, Antowain scored twice (4 yd & 2 yd rushes) and Otis returned an interception 78 yards for a TD; and in game #19, at Carolina vs. Panthers, Antowain rampled 32 yd for a TD and late in the fourth quarter Otis returned a pick 76 yards for a TD.
d) Adalius (LB/2007-present) and David (TE/2006-08) Thomas

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Reminds Us Of His Dad - Just Like A Chip Off The Block

Which father/son tandem was the first to each score a touchdown against the Patriots?

a) Bob (Dolphins) and Brian (Broncos) Griese - (only father/son tandem to both score and throw a TD pass against the Patriots)
b) Jack (Bills) and Jeff (Rams) Kemp - (Jack threw 12 TD passes/scored 11 TDs against Patriots, Jeff, nothing) c) Archie (Saints) and Peyton (Colts) Manning - (first father/tandem to both throw a TD pass against the Patriots)
d) Terry (Cardinals) and Eric (Falcons) Metcalf -- Terry scored three TDs against New England on 11/2/75, the first on a 69-yard punt return (Patriots lost, 24-17). Eric caught a 33-yard TD pass from Jeff George on 10/01/95 against the Patriots (Atlanta won, 30-17).

Finally Beat One Of The Big Guys

After the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, of the 16 NFL teams involved, who was the first team to lose a regular-season game to the Patriots?

a) Baltimore Colts -- after 10 consecutive losses to teams originally from the NFL, on 12/19/1971, the Patriots defeated the Colts at Memorial Stadium/Baltimore, 21-17. With less than 3:00 in the game, Jim Plunkett connected with Randy Vataha on an 88-yard TD reception to give New England a 21-10 lead. Johnny Unitas' 13-yard TD with 0:26 remaining put the Colts back in the game however, Patriots DB Don Webb recovered Jim O'Brien's on-side kick and New England had their first-ever regular-season victory against an original NFL team.
b) Detroit Lions (first victory against Lions, 24-17, on 10/7/79, at Foxboro)
c) New York Football Giants (first win against Giants, 28-20, on 09/22/74, at the Yale Bowl [CT])
d) St. Louis Football Cardinals (first win against Cardinals, 09/10/78, 16-6, at Busch Stadium)

I'll Get Em' Twice; On The Field, On The Sidelines

Who is the only individual to return an interception for a touchdown during his playing career, and record a regular-season victory as an NFL head coach, each against the Patriots?

a) Bill Cowher
b) Tony Dungy
c) Jeff Fisher
d) Marty Schottenheimer -- Against New England, Marty Schottenheimer posted a 7-3 lifetime regular-season record and 0-1 in playoffs (his last NFL game as a head coach). Playing for the Buffalo Bills, against the Patriots at Fenway Park, on December 9, 1967, he picked off a Don Trull screen pass intended for Jim Nance and romped 45 yards for the only touchdown in his six-year AFL/NFL career. Schottenheimer finished his playing days with Boston (1969-70) and played on the first Patriots NFL team. His only two career kickoff returns were as a Patriots (1969 for 13 yards against the Dolphins [I was at this game], 1970 for 8 yards against the Colts). With 200 lifetime regular-season victories during his 21-year career as an NFL head coach (Cleveland/1984-1988/44 wins, Kansas City/1989-98/101 wins, Washington/2001/8 wins, San Diego/2002-06/47 wins), Schottenheimer still holds the record (during the Super Bowl era, 1966-forward) for the most career wins by an NFL head coach without ever leading a team to the Super Bowl.

Better Than A Heisman Trophy?

The Sammy Baugh Trophy is awarded annually to the nation's top college passer. The trophy has been given out by the Touchdown Club of Columbus (OH) since 1959. What ex-Patriots quarterback is the only player to win this award twice?

a) Doug Flutie - Boston College
b) Vinny Testaverde - Miami (FL)
c) Don Trull - Baylor -- won the Sammy Baugh Trophy in 1962 and 1963. He played for the Patriots only the last 7 games of the 1967 season (1964-midway 1967, 1968-69 with the Houston Oilers). He posted a 33.3% completion rate, with 1 TD pass (41 yards to TE Jim Whalen), 7 interceptions thrown, 442 yards passing, for 16.4 yards average per catch, leading to a 20.7 QB rating overall during his brief Patriots career. Trull started three games during this stretch, Boston was 0-3 and the team was outscored 100-40 in the 3 games.
d) Marc Wilson - Brigham Young University

Will Make A Great Tour Guide For His Teammates

What current Patriots player was born in Oxford, England?

a) BenJarvus Green-Ellis
b) Samuel Morris, III -- born March 23, 1977; his dad, Samuel Morris II, was a stafff sergeant in the United States Air Force.
c) Adalius Donquail Thomas
d) Matthew Wilson Slater

Get Smart; Agent 86 to Agent 99

Bob Dee played defensive end for the Patriots from 1960-67. In 1993 he was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame. Dee scored the first touchdown in AFL history, in a preseason game against Buffalo, on July 30, 1960 after recovering a fumble in the Bills end zone. Dee wore #89, no other Patriots player has worn his number and it is officially retired. Who was the first Patriots player to wear a uniform number in the 90s' (higher than #89)?

a) Ike Lassiter
b) Mel Lunsford
c) Steve Kiner
d) George Webster -- playing linebacker, he wore #90, while playing for the Patriots, from 1974-76.