Some thought that the part about the football players was misleading, but the keyword in that portion is "each." Some didn't seem to understand that when they say "each," that doesn't mean the combined total of the two teams in one game!
With that being a "Bonus," question on College Bowl, I'm sure it was only meant to be a humorous, tricky question, and with very little time to come up with the answer, remember, you had to name the location of the Winter Olympics, not the year.