CFP National Championship Trivia: Test Your Knowledge of Ohio State’s History in National Championships and Against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

By Matt Gutridge on January 17, 2025 at 6:15 pm
Ohio State, Notre Dame, CFP Championship Game
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Put on your thinking caps and grab a drink, it's time for College Football National Championship Game Trivia.

Eleven Warriors is home to the most knowledgeable Buckeye fans on the planet. It is now time for you to prove it.

We put together a 10-question quiz each week to test your knowledge of Ohio State football and its upcoming opponent. Heading into the College Football Championship Game against No. 7 seed Notre Dame, we see how much you know about the Buckeyes' history in national title games and against the Fighting Irish.

There are two simple rules: Please use your brain (not a search engine) and only play once.

Notes: After you answer all of the questions, you must click on "Finish Quiz" to see your results. 

 

Cotton Bowl Report Card

The correct answers from the most recent quiz and the percentage of participants who got each question correct can be found in the table below.

Rose Bowl Trivia Answers
No. QUESTION CORRECT ANSWER % CORRECT
1 What is the name of this former Buckeye and current Texas Longhorn player? Quinn Ewers 99%
2 At the end of the 1986 season, Ohio State defeated which team 28-12 in the Cotton Bowl? Texas A&M 73%
3 Who was Ohio State’s starting quarterback in the January 2009 Fiesta Bowl loss against Texas? Todd Boeckman 29%
4 The first Cotton Bowl was played on the grounds of the Texas State Fair in which city? Dallas 48%
5 Who is the Ohio State offensive lineman from the state of Texas? Donovan Jackson 59%
6 Ohio State is playing in the Cotton Bowl in back-to-back seasons. What was the last bowl the Buckeyes competed in two years in a row? (Hint: This occurred at the end of the 2015 and 2016 seasons.) Fiesta Bowl 31%
7 Which team did Ohio State defeat 24-7 in the 2017 Cotton Bowl? USC 78%
8 Which future Lombardi Award winner, Pro Bowl NFL player and head coach of the Columbus Destroyers was named the defensive MVP of the 1987 Cotton Bowl? Chris Spielman 83%
9 How many points did Ohio State score in last year's Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri? 3 72%
10 Which company has never been a sponsor of the Cotton Bowl? PlayStation 65%

The streak of six straight perfect scores is over. Overall, the most selected answer by the Eleven Warriors community on 9 out of 10 questions was the correct answer. On one question, one incorrect answer received more votes than the correct answer.

  • 54% thought Terrelle Pryor was Ohio State's starting quarterback against Texas in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl. Todd Boeckman started the game as quarterback, and Pryor was on the field as a wide receiver.

With a score of 90% on the Cotton Bowl quiz, the Friday Night Trivia community's season grade dips a little, but the overall average remains the same at 90.7%.

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