Heisman Trophy Trivia Quiz Questions And Answers
What is the Heisman Trophy awarded for?
A: The outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the
pursuit of excellence with integrity.
On what date was the Heisman trophy first awarded?
A: December 9, 1935.
Who is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy and to
play in the National Basketball Association?
A: Charlie Ward of Florida State.
Who is the first player from the University of
Oregon to
win the trophy?
A: Marcus Mariota.
What player was the first African American player to win
the Heisman Trophy?
A: Ernie Davis.
What two college teams have won the most Heisman trophies?
A: Ohio State and Notre Dame, each with seven wins.
Who was the first ever recipient of the Heisman?
A: Jay Berwanger.
When is the Heisman Trophy presented by the Trust?
A: In early December before the postseason bowl games.
When was the award created?
A: 1935.
What organization created the Heisman award?
A: The Downtown Athletic Club.
The Heisman trophy is the oldest of several overall awards
in what?
A: College football.
Who designed the trophy?
A: Sculptor Frank Eliscu.
What player holds the honor of being Bear Bryant’s only
Heisman winner?
A: John David Crow of Texas A&M in
1957.
What football player was the trophy modeled after?
A: Ed Smith, a leading player in
1934 for the now-defunct
New York University
football team.
What is the trophy is made out of?
A: Cast bronze.
What two players are the only winners not to pursue a
professional sports career?
A: Pete Dawkins and Dick Kazmaier.
In 2007, what player was the first sophomore to win the
Heisman award?
A: Tim Tebow.
How tall is the Heisman trophy?
A: 13.5 inches.
Who was the first freshman to ever to win both the Heisman
and the BCS National Championship awards the same season?
A: Jameis Winston.
How much does the Heisman trophy weigh?
A: 25 pounds.
Originally only the players east of the
Mississippi were
what?
A: Eligible.
Who is responsible for the tabulation of votes for the
Heisman Tropny?
A: The accounting firm Deloitte.
Voting has moved almost exclusively to what since 2007?
A: Online voting.
Who were the first teammates to win the Heisman Trophy in
1936 and
1937?
A: Larry Kelley and Clint Frank of Yale.
Who was the only Heisman winner to have a stadium named
after him?
A: Nile Kinnick of Iowa.
Who was the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy?
A: Doc Blanchard when he led Army to the national title in
1945.
Who was the only player to win the Heisman Trophy as a
player for a losing team?
A: Paul Hornung at Notre Dame 1956.
Who is the only player that has received the Heisman twice?
A: Archie Griffin of Ohio State winning it as a junior in
1974 and a senior in
1975.
What football player is the only primarily defensive player
to win the Heisman trophy?
A: Charles Woodson of the University of Michigan.
Who was the first red shirt freshman to win the Heisman
trophy?
A: Johnny Manziel.
In 2013, how old was Jameis Winston who became the youngest
player to ever win the Heisman?
A: 19 years and 342 days old.
What player has received the largest percentage of votes to
win the Heisman?
A: Bush of USC in 2005.
What recipient of the Heisman won with the widest margin?
A: Troy Smith of Ohio State in 2006.
What player is the first Hawaiian-born recipient of the
Heisman trophy?
A: Marcus Mariota.
What percentage of the votes did Marcus Mariota get to win
the award?
A: 90.9% of the overall vote, the second-highest vote share of all time for a
winner.
How many of the seventy-four Heisman Trophy winners have
been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
A: Eight.